2018 Antique Indian Trade Textile Fragment print

A small fragment of an Indian Trade textile.

Fragment of the end panel of a hipwrapper or shoulder cloth 

Collected on a field visit to Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Bright and cheerful print that has retained the color over the deacdes. 

Estimated to be from the 1950s

28 cm x 15 cm mounted on  a larger white backing clth

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.