2 fine old Iban cotton ikat textiles: Pua Kantu, ikatted cotton, late 19th/early 20th century, Iban, Kalimantan; and woman's ceremonial skirt with mask-like figures, "kain keban", Kantu, Sarawak . Weavers among the Kantu' and neighboring peoples create two primary forms of ritual textiles: kain kebat and pua. Pua are ceremonial cloths used in a variety of religious rites. The patterns of the pua cloths are said to be so supernaturally powerful that they will make a woman ill if she weaves them continuously. Weavers thus regularly alternate between making pua and less dangerous but equally magnificent skirts and other garments. Size 1: 62" x 23". Size 2: 42" x 20".

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