HAND-KNOTED BASHO-FU
KASURI-RESISTED HANDSPUN COTTON
DYED WITH SAFFLOWER AND RYUKYU INDIGO
TAKETOMI-JIMA, OKINAWA, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
SOLD
Te-saji hand towels of basho-fu were traditionally woven by young women in the Yaeyama archipelago of Okinawa and given to their suitors as a symbol of love and commitment.
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
INDIGO GROUND VAT-DYED LAST
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
YELLOW GROUND VAT-DYED LAST
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
PINK GROUND VAT-DYED LAST
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED,
HAND-APPLIED BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
PINK GROUND VAT-DYED
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C
HANDPSUN COTTON, BOTANICAL DYES
FLOATING RELIEF WARP AND WEFT
OKINAWA, MID 19C
HANDWOVEN COTTON
VAT-DYED IN RYUKYU INDIGO
HAEBARU, OKINAWA
EARLY 20C
SOLD
HANDWOVEN COTTON
VAT-DYED IN RYUKYU INDIGO
HAEBARU, OKINAWA
EARLY 20C
HAND-KNOTTED, HANDWOVEN
BASHO-FU BANANA FIBER
縦横縞：てぃかち 縦縞：琉球藍、木綿
BROWN WARP/WEFT STRIPES:
TIKACHI (Rhaphiolepis umbellata)
BLUE COTTON WARP STRIPES:
RYUKYU INDIGO (Strobilanthes cusia)
LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
SOLD
