tube skirt

Woman’s warp-faced cotton tube skirt, kain indu’, or kain kebat, of probably homespun cotton with natural dyes. It has a broad main panel divided into narrow patterned bands of ikat, each band flanked by plain and patterned stripes in market-bought yarns, dyed chemically in several colours, on both sides. A slightly wider band of such stripes to either side of the main panel. The warp ends are hand-stitched together to form a tube, so that when worn the stripes become bands. The ikat designs are in beige against a dark red and brown ground. There is a wide band near each selvedge in dark brown. Undup Iban, Sarawak.

woman's garment also used for carrying special things on ceremonial occasions

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