1941 Pair - Antique Indian Trade Textile Print Toraja Fragment

Exquisitie Pair of border (pallu or end panel) fragments of an Indian Trade textile.

Has the triangular pattern seen in Batik textiles today. 

Appears to have small block / stamp print or stencil print.

Amazing yarn and colors. [One side appears to be a bit more faded compared to the other]

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. 

Collective length is 60 cm approximately. Height is about 36 cm

Comparison with other similar examples suggests that this is pre 1900.

[Similar examples have been dated to be from the 13th - 19th century]

For similar examples see

1) The Ashmolean Museum collection: Link

2) The Kelsey Museum collection in Ann Arbor: Link

3) 'Master Dyers to the World' by Mattiebelle Gittinger

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.