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HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C

HAND PLY-JOINTED, HANDWOVEN RAMIE,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED,
THEN RESISTED AND THE GROUND VAT-DYED
IN FUKUGI (Garcinia subelliptica)
OKINAWA, MID 19C

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED,
RESISTED AND VAT-DYED in BOTANICAL INDIGO
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
THEN RESISTED AND THE GROUND VAT-DYED
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
BOTANICAL RYUKYU INDIGO AND BENIBANA
KASURI-RESISTED WARP AND WEFT
FLOATING RELIEF WEFT
OKINAWA, LATE 19C

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HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
OKINAWA, LATE 19C

HAND-KNOTTED, HANDWOVEN
BASHO-FU BANANA FIBER,
KASURI-RESISTED COMMERCIAL HEMP THREADS
BOTH DYED WITH RYUKYU INDIGO (Strobilanthes cusia)
EARLY 20C
SOLD

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