19th C. Mawa Sacred Cloth, Toraja, Indonesia

Celebes (Suluwesi) Island sacred ritual cloth, painted in brown, the central corral formed by buffalo heads and surrounded by boys and buffalo, the animal most associated with prosperity among the Tor

Toraja Ritual Cloth "Maa'" or "Ma' wa", Indonesia, 19th-Early 20th C. Maa' sacred cloth hanging made of tabby woven cotton cloth and painted with dyes with the Torajan version of the tree of life desi

Decorative Toraja sacred cloth "ma'wa" or "maá," rice-paste resist batik and painting on hand-loomed cotton, vegetable dyes, Sulawesi, Indonesia, second half 20th C. Size: 110'' x 32'' (279 x 81 cm

Toraja Sacred Heirloom Mawa, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Early-Mid 20th C. Hanging in hand resist, brown-black dye, red accents probably directly applied. Trees of life on long sides with traces of applied d

Toraja Ritual Cloth "Maa'" or "Ma' wa", Indonesia, 19th C. Ceremonial hanging of handspun and hand woven cotton, with a painted and stamped pattern. The textile is made to resemble an Indian trade clo

Toraja sacred cloth depicting people, animals and other auspicious symbols, "ma'wa", rice-paste resist batik and painting on hand-loomed cotton, vegetable dyes, early 20th c .Size: 144'' x 35'' (366 x

Rare Cotton Weft Ikat Ceremonial Cepuk Cloth, Nusa Penida, Indonesia, Late 19th-Early 20th C. The cepuk is a very important sacred textile for the Balinese and is believed to both protect the wearer a

The Toraja people of central Sulawesi value as sacred the cloths called mawa, which are stored as family treasures and brought out when needed to sanctify important rituals. This is a rare 19th centur

Tulis Batik Shoulder Cloth, Indonesia, 19th C. Kamben shoulder cloth of hand drawn (tulis) batik on handspun and handwoven cotton tabby cloth. The design is of a cosmic diagram referred to as alasalas

Silk Ikat And Songket Limar Shoulder Cloth, Indonesia, 19th C. Shoulder cloth woven of silk with weft ikat and metallic threads in supplementary weft inlay (songket). The textile is in the patola styl

Balinese Silk Songket Hip Cloth, Indonesia, 19th C. Hip cloth with supplementary weft inlay sonket in silver and gold thread on a red silk ground in an overall pattern of interlocking diamonds with st

Silk Ikat Shoulder Cloth, Palembang, Indonesia, 19th C. Cloth of weft ikat in silk with silk floss, with gold thread embroidery and sequins. An Indian style border of flowering plants. Size: 6'3'' x 2

Tulis Batik Skirt Cloth, Indonesia, Late 19th C. Sarong, skirt cloth of commercial tabby woven cotton with decoration in hand drawn (tulis) wax resist (batik). The design is a repeat of large garuda w

Silk Ikat Shoulder Cloth, Sumatra, Indonesia 19th C. Silk and gold-wrapped thread. Size: 82'' x 33'', 208 x 84 cm (textile). This shoulder cloth was made in Palembang, South Sumatra. The central groun

Silk Songket Textile, Sumatra, Indonesia, 19th C. This woman's shoulder cloth from Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia, is crafted from silk with metallic thread. The textile features silk weft ikat, a tech

Tulis Batik Head Cloth "Kain Kapala", Indonesia, 19th C. Kain kapala head cloth of handdrawn (tulis) wax resist (batik) on cotton cloth. The design is a repeat of a quatrefoil motif that was probably

Antique Silk Ikat Shoulder Cloth "Klung Kung", Indonesia, 19th C. Silk shoulder cloth, klung kung, of weft ikat, with a pattern in imitation of Indian patola, alternating rows of weft patterning in di

Silk Ikat Selendang Shoulder Cloth, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 19th C. A shoulder cloth from Kombring, South Sumatra patterned in weft ikat and embroidery. Size: 6'9'' x 2'9'' (206 x 84 cm). Provenance

Antique Silk Ikat Shoulder Cloth "Klung Kung", Indonesia, 19th C. Silk shoulder cloth, klung kung, of weft ikat, with a pattern in imitation of Indian patola, alternating rows of weft patterning in di

**Originally Listed At $400** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Toraja people, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-carved wooden head depicting a stylized anthropomorphic visage with deep eye caviti

Rare Double Ikat Geringsing Ceremonial Textile, Indonesia, 19th-Early 20th C. Sacred textile, geringsing "cicempaka petang dasa", made of handspun cotton in warp and weft (double) ikat technique. "Cic

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, South Sulawesi Island, Toraja culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A finely-built square granary door, hand-carved from dense jackfruit wood, with an abstract bu

19th C. Sulawesi Toraja Wood Granary Door Man Riding A Cow. Measure 36" X 23". The Toraja are one of the oldest ethnic groups in all of Indonesia, though they did not view themselves as an ethnic grou

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Toraja people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating set of wooden anthropomorphic puppets known as tau tau, connected by two dowels. The figures