Material: Cotton, shells
Style: Tanimbar, Indonesia
Size: Length 429 cm, Width 19.5 cm
Order Number: MHSATL2

The Tanimbar Islands are located in the South Moluccas and comprise over 60 islands which are 135 miles long and 70 miles wide. They depend on boats as their main transport.

The cawat is a long narrow loincloth and an important item of clothing.

Generally dark colours are characteristic of Tanimbar cloths, plain black or blue indigo loincloths. There may be ikat bands of ornamentation at the ends. Nassa shells are used as decoration.

19th – early 20th century.

Map of Tanimbar.

19th – early 20th century.

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Material: Cotton
Style: Tanimbar, Indonesia
Size: Length 137 cm, Width 123 cm
Order Number: MHSATTS1

The Tanimbar Islands are located in the South Moluccas and comprise over 60 islands which are 135 miles long and 70 miles wide. They depend on boats as their main transport.

This tube sarong was an old and most valuable family heirloom and would have belonged to a member of the royal family. It was only permitted to be worn by royalty.

The dark middle section with. narrow stripes is characteristic of this type of rare antique sarong. The width of the borders may indicate status. It defines a sarong of value. The wider the border, the higher the rank.

There is a photo of a Tanimbarese lady wearing one over her shoulder in an article on Tanimbar Boats by Susan MacKinnon in Islands and Ancestors, Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia, Prestel, 1988 (page 161).

Apart from their use as ritual dress and as wedding gifts, sarongs had healing properties. Sick people can be cooled by laying the cloth on the sick parts of the body.

Sarongs have also been used as a place for female ancestors especially to descend to in order to communicate with the living during rituals.

Generally dark colours are characteristic of Tanimbar cloths.

Map of Tanimbar.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Cotton
Style: Tanimbar, Indonesia
Size: Length 124 cm, Width 57 cm
Order Number: MHSATTS2

The Tanimbar Islands are located in the South Moluccas and comprise over 60 islands which are 135 miles long and 70 miles wide. They depend on boats as their main transport.

This tube sarong was an old and most valuable family heirloom and would have belonged to a member of the royal family. It was only permitted to be worn by royalty.

The dark middle section with. narrow stripes is characteristic of this type of rare antique sarong. The width of the borders may indicate status. It defines a sarong of value. The wider the border, the higher the rank.

There is a photo of a Tanimbarese lady wearing one over her shoulder in an article on Tanimbar Boats by Susan MacKinnon in Islands and Ancestors, Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia, Prestel, 1988 (page 161).

Apart from their use as ritual dress and as wedding gifts, sarongs had healing properties. Sick people can be cooled by laying the cloth on the sick parts of the body.

Sarongs have also been used as a place for female ancestors especially to descend to in order to communicate with the living during rituals.

Generally dark colours are characteristic of Tanimbar cloths.

19th century.

Map of Tanimbar.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Cotton, shells
Style: Tanimbar, Indonesia
Size: Length 445 cm, Width 30 cm
Order Number: MHSATL1

The Tanimbar Islands are located in the South Moluccas and comprise over 60 islands which are 135 miles long and 70 miles wide. They depend on boats as their main transport.

The cawat is a long narrow loincloth and an important item of clothing.

Generally dark colours are characteristic of Tanimbar cloths, plain black or blue indigo loincloths. There may be ikat bands of ornamentation at the ends. Nassa shells are used as decoration.

19th – early 20th century.

Map of Tanimbar.

19th – early 20th century.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Hand Spun Cotton
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Length 211 cm, Width 137 cm
Order Number: MHSBPS1

• Reversible
• Indigo
• Soft
• Lightweight
• Flattering
• Stylish, trendy, and chic
• Great for nights out, weddings, parties, evening and casual wear
• Handwoven

Every visitor to Bali notices very quickly the black and white checked cloths, wrapped around guardian statues, pavilions, people, kulkul drums in temples and even trees and stones wherein a spirit dwells. It is dazzling and powerful and has a special meaning for the Balinese: it represents the cosmic duality.

The Balinese see the world in terms of opposites, good and bad, day and night, mountain and sea. This duality forms the whole: one cannot exist without the other. Poleng is the perfect representation of this view.

The squares of equal size are perfect black and perfect white; they intersect and are not parallel. Grey squares contain strands of both and show that you cannot have one without the other. White represents good, the gods and health; black represents evil, the underworld and disease. Poleng comprises them both and so the whole.

For humans, men and women, poleng cloth offers protection. It is sometimes used in temple ceremonies to cover the ground, so that people walking on it will be free of all possible evil spirits.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 1.                       SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 28 cm, Width 10 cm, Height with handle 37 cm, Height without handle 22 cm
Order Number: ICHB1

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 10.            SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 38 cm,  Width 9 cm, Height with handle 80 cm, Height without handle 31 cm
Order Number: ICHB10

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 11

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 38 cm,  Width 10 cm, Height with handle 79 cm, Height without handle 33 cm
Order Number: ICHB11

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 12.                            SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 27 cm,  Width 8 cm, Height with handle 72 cm, Height without handle 25 cm
Order Number: ICHB12

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 13.                        SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 26 cm,  Width 7 cm, Height with handle 68 cm, Height without handle 20 cm
Order Number: ICHB13

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 14                                     SOLD 

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 26 cm,  Width 6 cm, Height with handle 68 cm, Height without handle 20 cm
Order Number: ICHB14

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 15                              SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 27 cm,  Width 9 cm, Height with handle 74 cm, Height without handle 29 cm
Order Number: ICHB15

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 16.                   SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 39 cm,  Width 17 cm, Height with handle 57 cm, Height without handle 24 cm
Order Number: ICHB16

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 17.                   SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 26 cm,  Height with handle 77 cm, Height without handle 23 cm
Order Number: ICHB17

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 4.                          SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 19 cm,  Height with handle 78.5 cm, Height without handle 25 cm
Order Number: ICHB4

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 5.                           SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 19 cm,  Height with handle 73.5 cm, Height without handle 22 cm
Order Number: ICHB5

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Hand Made Indigo Cotton Handbag 7                        SOLD

Material: Cotton
Style: Asia
Size: Length 20 cm,  Width 4 cm, Height with handle 65 cm, Height without handle 19 cm
Order Number: ICHB7

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

In 1897 BASF (Badische Anilin Soda Fabrik) succeeded in launching synthetic indigo on to the market. The colour is exactly the same as natural indigo.

Blue and white combinations have always been popular. It is timeless.

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Material: Cotton, natural dye
Style: Indigo
Order Number: IJ1

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

Stylish, trendy, and chic.

Indigo jackets have become highly sought after by people who appreciate timeless classic style, natural textiles and exceptional craftsmanship. Their rich blue colour gives them a distinctive character that combines tradition with contemporary fashion

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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Material: Cotton, natural dye
Style: Indigo
Order Number: IJ3

Indigo refers to the blue colour. It is one of the world’s oldest dyes and no other dye has been valued by mankind for so long in so many parts of the world. It is cool and relaxing.

Stylish, trendy, and chic.

Indigo jackets have become highly sought after by people who appreciate timeless classic style, natural textiles and exceptional craftsmanship. Their rich blue colour gives them a distinctive character that combines tradition with contemporary fashion

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).

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