Dear all,
As there is a general paucity of information on Tanimbar ikat, with very few pieces shown in literature and/or the internet, I thought I would share with you a sarong bought a few months ago.
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A photo in Susan McKinnon,
Flags and Half Moons, in Gittinger,
To Speak with Cloth, Fig. 8, shows a group of dancing Tanimbarese women, three of them wearing this type of sarong. Details of pattern shown in Van Vuuren,
Ikat from Tanimbar, Fig. 47.
Greetings,
Peter
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Peter ten Hoopen
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