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Man's cotton selimut, the warp threads tie-dyed before weaving in ikat technique. Main ground black, with small geometric motifs in red, yellow and white arranged in an all over open diamond lattice design. Narrow selvedge stripes of red, yellow, black and white. Warp ends left as a fringe. Flores, Indonesia. (AF32) See Hamilton, Roy W. Gift of the Cotton Maiden; Textiles of Flores and the Solor Islands. Fowler Museum of Cultural History. Los Angeles.
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