Material: Cotton
Style: Kisar, Indonesia
Size: Length 250 cm (without the fringes), Width 82 cm
Order Number: MHSKSB1

Selimut is Indonesian for blanket, shawl or shoulder cloth. In Indonesia they are usually finer than in the West and are worn over the shoulder as a man’s mantle or wrapped around the body. They are used for everyday or formal purposes.

Kisar is a very small island in South Moluccas, just off the north east tip of Timor. Women produce fine textiles for their own everyday and ceremonial use. Kisar weavers are among the most skilled. 

In Kisar there is a preference for red and rust brown as the dominant colours, complemented by black and dark blue. Geometric designs are rigidly created on many Kisar cloths. They are said to have been brought from Timor.

Kisar women wove selimut shawls for the Tanimbar market.

Map of Kisar.

Early – mid 20th century.

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Material: Cotton
Style: Kisar, Indonesia
Size: Length 153 cm, Width 61 cm
Order Number: MHSKTS1

Kisar is a very small island in South Moluccas, just off the north east tip of Timor. Women produce fine textiles for their own everyday and ceremonial use. Kisar weavers are among the most skilled. 

In Kisar there is a preference for red and rust brown as the dominant colours, complemented by black and dark blue. Geometric designs are rigidly created on many Kisar cloths. They are said to have been brought from Timor.

Human figures are depicted holding up their hands as a dancing gesture in the outer bands.

Map of Kisar.

Early – mid 20th century.

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Material: Cotton, natural dyes
Style: Sembiran, Bali, Indonesia
Size: Length 128 cm, Width 37.5 cm
Order Number: MHSBCB1

Breastcloth from the old village of Sembiran in the Tejakula district,  Buleleng Regency, north Bali. There is evidence of human occupation dating back 2,000 years.

There is some small restoration.

19th century.

Map of Bali.

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Material: Cotton, natural dyes, indigo
Style: Sembiran, Bali, Indonesia
Size: Length 142 cm, Width 41 cm
Order Number: MHSBCB2

Breastcloth from the old village of Sembiran in the Tejakula district,  Buleleng Regency, north Bali. There is evidence of human occupation dating back 2,000 years.

Good condition.

19th century.

Map of Bali.

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Material: Cotton
Style: Sembiran, Bali, Indonesia
Size: Length 242 cm, Width 41 cm
Order Number: MHSBCB3

Breastcloth from the old village of Sembiran in the Tejakula district,  Buleleng Regency, north Bali. There is evidence of human occupation dating back 2,000 years.

19th century.

Map of Bali.

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Material: Cotton
Style: Sembiran, Bali, Indonesia
Size: Length 172 cm, Width 46 cm
Order Number: MHSBCB4

Breastcloth from the old village of Sembiran in the Tejakula district,  Buleleng Regency, north Bali. There is evidence of human occupation dating back 2,000 years.

Mid 19th century.

Map of Bali.

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Material: Cotton
Style: Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia
Size: Length 246 cm, Width 96 cm
Order Number: MHSBCB5

Breastcloth from Singaraja, Buleleng Regency, north Bali.

Singaraja was the Dutch colonial capital of Bali and the Lesser Sunda Islands from 1849 until 1960.

It was an administrative center and the port of arrival for most visitors until the development of the Buket Peninsula in the south.

Singaraja was also an administrative centre for the Japanese during their World War II occupation. 

Mid 19th century.

Map of Bali.

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Material: Cotton
Style: Kisar, Indonesia
Size: Length 254 cm (without the fringes), Width 72 cm
Order Number: MHSKSB2

Selimut is Indonesian for blanket, shawl or shoulder cloth. In Indonesia they are usually finer than in the West and are worn over the shoulder as a man’s mantle or wrapped around the body. They are used for everyday or formal purposes.

Kisar is a very small island in South Moluccas, just off the north east tip of Timor. Women produce fine textiles for their own everyday and ceremonial use. Kisar weavers are among the most skilled. 

In Kisar there is a preference for red and rust brown as the dominant colours, complemented by black and dark blue. Geometric designs are rigidly created on many Kisar cloths. They are said to have been brought from Timor.

Kisar women wove selimut shawls for the Tanimbar market.

Map of Kisar.

Early – mid 20th century.

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

The post 48. Kisar Selimut Blanket 2 appeared first on Murni's in Bali.

Material: Cotton
Style: Sembiran, Bali, Indonesia
Size: Length 151 cm, Width 47 cm
Order Number: MHSBCS1

Shouldercloth from the old village of Sembiran in the Tejakula district,  Buleleng Regency, north Bali.

Map of Bali.

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Material: Cotton and Silk
Style: Lombok, Indonesia
Size: Length 264 cm, Width 68 cm (not including the fringe)
Order Number: MHSLCSS1

Lombok is in the centre of Indonesia and about the same size as Bali. The western part is dominated by the Balinese. The main ethnic group is the Sasak.

Only a few Sasak textiles survive. They are cotton and are believed to provide protection and healing functions. Under the influence of Islam, which arrived in the early 17th century, many of the magical functions diminished in importance, although some such beliefs remained.

Some Sasaks, although nominally Moslem, retain a strong commitment to traditional Sasak religious beliefs, especially in north-east Lombok around the perimeter of the Mount Rinjani volcano. They are called Waktu Telu Sasak. In those villages certain textiles are still used for magic and ritual purposes, woven by women using a backstrap loom.

Used as a breast cloth or shoulder cloth by upper class women.

There is a hole.

19th – early 20th century.

Map of Lombok.

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Material: Cotton and Silk
Style: Lombok, Indonesia
Size: Length 312 cm, Width 75 cm (not including the fringe)
Order Number: MHSLCSS2

Lombok is in the centre of Indonesia and about the same size as Bali. The western part is dominated by the Balinese. The main ethnic group is the Sasak.

Only a few Sasak textiles survive. They are cotton and are believed to provide protection and healing functions. Under the influence of Islam, which arrived in the early 17th century, many of the magical functions diminished in importance, although some such beliefs remained.

Some Sasaks, although nominally Moslem, retain a strong commitment to traditional Sasak religious beliefs, especially in north-east Lombok around the perimeter of the Mount Rinjani volcano. They are called Waktu Telu Sasak. In those villages certain textiles are still used for magic and ritual purposes, woven by women using a backstrap loom.

Used as a breast cloth or shoulder cloth by upper class women.

19th – early 20th century.

Map of Lombok.

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

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Material: Cotton
Style: Lombok, Indonesia
Size: Length 229 cm, Width 41 cm
Order Number: MHSLCS1

Lombok is in the centre of Indonesia and about the same size as Bali. The western part is dominated by the Balinese. The main ethnic group is the Sasak.

Only a few Sasak textiles survive. They are cotton and are believed to provide protection and healing functions. Under the influence of Islam, which arrived in the early 17th century, many of the magical functions diminished in importance, although some such beliefs remained.

Some Sasaks, although nominally Moslem, retain a strong commitment to traditional Sasak religious beliefs, especially in north-east Lombok around the perimeter of the Mount Rinjani volcano. They are called Waktu Telu Sasak. In those villages certain textiles are still used for magic and ritual purposes, woven by women using a backstrap loom.

Used as a breast cloth or shoulder cloth by upper class women. The designs of mythical creatures are striking: quadrupeds, winged animals or birds, humps, eyes and tails.

Early – mid 20th century.

Map of Lombok.

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Material: Silk
Style: Thailand
Size: Length 176 cm, Width 52 cm (not including the fringe)
Order Number: MHSTSSC2

Used as a shoulder cloth by upper class women.

Mid 20th century.

Map of Thailand.

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Material: Silk
Style: Thailand
Size: Length 320 cm, Width 61 cm (not including the fringe)
Order Number: MHSTSSC3

Map of Thailand.

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