Ceremonial Shoulder Cloth
19th century (made)
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This textile is woven in the double-ikat technique. This difficult and time-consuming process involves resist-dyeing both the warp and weft threads before weaving. The technique is a specialty of the town of Patan in Gujarat, where double-ikat silk textiles called patola are still made. This one is of a type made only for export to Indonesia, where the Gujarati patola were very highly prized, but other designs were used for patola saris for use in Gujarat itself.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Double ikat silk |
| Brief description | Ceremonial shoulder cloth (Selendang) of double ikat silk, probably made in Patan, 19th century |
| Physical description | Ceremonial shoulder cloth (Selendang) of double ikat silk with a repeating pattern of diamond shapes in red and brown. Triple border stripe at either side of the main field with two outer parts composed of rows of triangles (tumpal), the points face the central stripe which has two alternating motifs of leaves and cross-shapes. These stripes are worked in weft ikat. On the outer edge of these stripes and between them and the body are monochrome stripes. At each end of the cloth are further bands of ikat designs. |
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| Production | Made in Gujarat for export to Indonesia |
| Summary | This textile is woven in the double-ikat technique. This difficult and time-consuming process involves resist-dyeing both the warp and weft threads before weaving. The technique is a specialty of the town of Patan in Gujarat, where double-ikat silk textiles called patola are still made. This one is of a type made only for export to Indonesia, where the Gujarati patola were very highly prized, but other designs were used for patola saris for use in Gujarat itself. |
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| Accession number | IS.149-1984 |
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| Record created | January 18, 2000 |
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