841 B - Fine Pedan Pidan Tie Dye Silk Ikat Temple Banner Wall Art from Cambodia use-prayer handwoven un-dyed khaddar cotton base

handwoven un-dyed khaddar cotton base

Comparable examples of this weave may be seen at

Circa 1960s-1970s

Madhya Pradesh - central India

841 B - Fine Pedan Pidan Tie Dye Silk Ikat Temple Banner Wall Art from Cambodia use-prayer handwoven un-dyed khaddar cotton baseA finely woven silk Ikat artwork from Cambodia Such artworks are offered in worship and hung up as banners. In the olden days these were much long rectangles while this one is almost a square. Acquired in 2008 or 2009 from one of the groups that are engaged in the revival effort outside Siem Reap. Of all the ikats that I have seen, antique Cambodian ikats are the finest and though this is a revival textile (not antique), the finesse is comparable to