Detailed instructions are on the bottle
Silver and gilt with set carnelian 10 x 7 cm £195
Bags of many kinds are used in nomadic cultures far and wide
Attached to the front of a horse for ceremonial decoration
perhaps 100 years after in was made
Ikat, 272 x 74cms W 150 - 215 Detailed instructions are on theIkat,Sikka, Flores island, Indonesia. Natural dyed, hand spun cotton from indigofera and morinda citrifolia, stiffened with tamarind seed starch or similar. Unusually, this textile is in original uncut form, stiff from the loom. In this pristine form a sarong may be used as part of a brides dowry or presented at funerals. When made into a shirt or sarong or jacket, it is washed a lot and in time becomes soft. Weaving technique Ikat fabric is a dyeing