2033 Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fine Fragment

A Large fragment of the end panel of an Indian Trade textile.

Appears to have small block / stamp print. 

This print can be seen on a complete long cloth (now sold) and in the field visit in Toraja (See the talk) 

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. This fragment is one of several sections that have been saved from the same fire-struck cloth.

This is a border section of the textile. 

A similar complete textile was seen in use at a ceremony in Toraja. Please see the Talk recording [Link] in which a similar old textile is featured. Also see Asset 1922 that is a complete textile. 

43 x 40 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

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. 

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.