Specifications

• Length: 197 x 102 cm.
• Material: cotton
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: ikat pua sungkit
• Price realised: € 61.740,-

Provenance

Sam Josefowitz (1922-2015), Lausanne before 1981; on loan to Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis; Sotheby’s, Paris 9-4-2021, lot 38.

Publications

Gavin, Traude (2003), Iban ritual textiles, 281-87.

Exhibitions

Additional information

According to Gavin the motif of figures ( buah engkeramba) on the central panel were indigenous to the Saribas. According to her informants they did not represent ancestors as is the popular description.

Photo credits

Sotheby’s, Paris