Toraja Betel Nut Bag Face With Belt, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 19th C. Cotton, supplementary weft, with tablet woven belt. This exceptionally rare and early Toraja weaving is missing one side, only the front survives. It compares favorably with a piece now at Yale from the Holmgren-Spertus Collection:https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/111121. Size: 1'3'' x 10'' (38 x 25 cm).

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