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PATOLU CEREMONIAL CLOTH
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN SILK,
WARP AND WEFT KASURI/IKAT
GUJARAT, INDIA 19C
FOR THE INDONESIAN (SUMATRA) MARKET

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

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絣藍染芋麻、竹にスズメ文様
HAND PLY-JOINTED, HANDWOVEN
CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
SPARROWS AND BAMBOO MOTIF
COLLAR LINED WITH KASURI-RESISTED,
BENIBANA-DYED HAND-PLYED CHOMA
NIIGATA PREFECTURE, LATE 19C
SOLD

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

HAND-PLIED CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
SHIGA PREFECTURE, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
SOLD

手績み芋麻、絣藍染、龍、雨龍文様
HAND-PLIED CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
DRAGONS AND RAIN DRAGONS MOTIF
SHIGA PREFECTURE, 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.

HOMESPUN COTTON, KASURI-RESISTED
DYED IN INDIGO AND MADDER
HANDWOVEN, HAND-PAINTED MORDANT-DYED,
RESIST-DYED AND HAND-PAINTED
COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA
FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, 17C/18C
 private collection, Horyu-ji, Nara

HAND-PLIED, HAND-WOVEN
CHOMA (RAMIE) BAST THREAD
NIIGATA PREFECTURE, MID 19C
 private collection, Teramachi, Kyoto

絣藍染芋麻、宝尽くし文様
HAND PLY-JOINTED, HANDWOVEN
CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
BOUNTIFUL TREASURES PATTERN
NIIGATA PREFECTURE, LATE 19C
SOLD