2173 Pair - Antique Indian Trade Cloth Printed Textile Toraja Fragment
A deep red fragment of an Indian Trade textile.
Gorgeous red dyes.
Coarse thick cloth.
Estimated to be from the mid-late 1800s
Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi.
This fragment has been saved from a fire - therefore has burn marks present. Holes and stains. Edges not even. Faded from use in ceremonies.
23 x 28 cm / 21 x 25 cm
For similar examples, see the Ashmolean Museum collection: Link
Comparison with other similar examples suggests that this is a few centuries old.
[Similar examples have been dated to be from the 13th - 18th century]
This is a rare opportunity to own something as rare and as old as this fantastic little work of art that had traveled from India to Toraja sometime in it's past and then has back to Singapore.
VERY RARE
Such pieces can be found only in museums.
Frame it and add it to your home-museum collection.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily must be expected on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run, repairs and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.
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