Title
Sarong
Year/Period
Mid 19th century
Region
Poso region of central Sulawesi
Material
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: L:199.0 x W:132.0cm
Accession No.
2005-01524
Collection of
This textile features grey to green warps interspersed with blue line.This textile is a very rare Torajan warp ikat sarong from the Poso region, an area which was long believed to not have a weaving tradition at all since they appear to have abandoned it before 1890, when Europeans first eatblished regular contact.
