Indonesia, the highest level of Carimantan Island Dayak Ikat Old cloth (combat shield & anto statue)

Among a wide variety of woven fabrics in Indonesia, Icat (Kasuri weaving) is the best worldwide.. In particular, Icat on small Sunda Islands, such as Sunva, Sunvawa, Flores, Timor, Arol, Rote, and Savi, are famous. This may be due to the frequent introduction of the local textile culture because the international resort Bali is nearby. However, compared to those east -west Nusatungara Icats, the area that creates the highest level of Icat is Kalimantan (formerly Borneo) Island. In particular, the Icat woven by people called Dayak, as a general term for living in the Capures River basin in the western Calimantan, has been very popular in the Singapore and Malaysian market in recent years. Not only that, but also among collectors in Europe, North America and Australia, it is rising rapidly.

The Ikat introduced here is the Calimantan Island of Calimantan, both in the collection of the Indonesian Cultural Palace (GBI). Approximately 80 years ago, it was woven in a village near Sintang in the middle of the Caphaus river.. In the area, people called Kantu live in Dayaku. Cante's Ikat has the best and best honor among the many Dayak Icat. At present, most yarns are replaced with spinning yarn from Surabaya in the area, and the dyes are also chemical, but this kutt is dyed with natural dyes using hand spinning. However, only the striped part on both sides uses spinning thread..

This is a distinctive method of Dayak's squid, and the stripes on both sides are often used with beautiful and uniform thick spinning threads.. In addition, only this spinning thread is dyed with chemical dyes.. The motif is incorporated in the center, and an ancestor statue called Antu (Antu) is woven at both ends of the fringe part.. In addition, around the battle shield, you can see the sacred tree "POHON MELINJO".. The vivid brick color, which is the characteristic of this cloth, is created from the roots of a plant called Mengkudu.

The size is about 202cm long, the width is about 104cm, and the weight is about 570g.. There is a fringe processing of about 3-7cm long at both ends, but some parts (6 places in total) are torn and no longer gone.. It's an old one, so you have to give some minor points. First of all, as you can see from the second photo (left side), there is a 5x 5cm torn place at the upper right end.. In addition, there are two broken parts of about 1cm, and there are some stains and dirt on the striped part.. In addition, it can be seen at the lower left of the second photo (left side), but the number ② is written with a ballpoint pen.. I don't know what I wrote for. As it is an old cloth, please understand these points in advance.

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