Ancient and Rare Ceremonial Batik from Indonesia / Sumatra, Lampung Textile Weaving.
Batik or ceremonial skirt worn by the women of the Kavel people; Sumatra in Indonesia is sewn in two bands. The colors are bright, with micro mirrors called mica and are intact, it is made with hand-woven natural indigo, extremely fine with many micro-designs stitching.
A long piece of fabric with black, red, yellow, brown and blue jeans stripes.
The black and red stripes are embellished with small, applied mica squares, rosettes made of metallic threads and abstract geometric shapes, the blue jeans stripes are hand embroidered, this type of fabric is woven and embellished by women and is often used As a female sarong at weddings, special holidays and other events. Batiks are also sometimes used as wall hangings.
This could easily be a museum piece, no wear patterns or any issues, it’s pretty clean, good scent, this must have taken hundreds of hours to make.
Item Features:
Techniques: Hand weaving and embroidery (coaching with even threads, satin stitch, running stitch, split stitch and chain stitch), applied mica squares
Primary material: cotton/fabric, multi-color
Originality: Ancient original, creator, artisans of Kavel
Region of origin: Lampung Province, South Sumatra Indonesia Southeast Asia
Age: Early 20th Century (1916-1920)
Category: Textiles and embroidered equipment.
Materials: Cotton, mica, metal.
Size (cm): 123 x 110cm (48,4 x 43,3)
Weight: 883g
Lot: 13
SKU:3642153761351177
Ancient and Rare Ceremonial Batik from Indonesia / Sumatra, Lampung Textile.
This is an antique and vintage item, so some imperfections may be natural and normal, please look at the photographs that are part of the descriptions, the condition for its age is very good thanks to careful conservation.
The stands and decorations shown in the descriptive photos are not included in the sale, unless indicated in the conditions of sale.
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