2033 Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fine Fragment Iban Ceremonial Ikat Paper is blackened - probably

Paper is blackened - probably from constant exposure  to the soot of burning butter lamps in a monastery

5 x 12 inches

Books as large as this are not available very often

In a few cases the Phad artist requests that the old Phad be retained for its artisitic value

2033 Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fine Fragment Iban Ceremonial Ikat Paper is blackened - probablyA Large fragment of the end panel of an Indian Trade textile. Appears to have small block stamp print. This print can be seen on a complete long cloth (now sold) and in the field visit in Toraja (See the talk) Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi. This fragment has been saved from a fire therefore has burn marks present. Holes and stains. Edges not even. This fragment is one of several sections that have been saved from the same fire struck