Detaljer
CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection
ObjektnummerS1969-0019-001-0
TitelSampot (women's hip wrap, sewn into a tubular skirt) - C
BeskrivningThis weft ikat is decorated with zigzags formed by the Bronze Age "hook and key" motif. The zigzags alternate with bands of geometric motifs running from selvage to selvage in red and indigo blue with yellow highlights. The colours are richer and the details finer than the weft ikats manufactured today (comapre US69.21).
“Cambodia produced only cotton textiles prior to the introduction of silk weaving by Thai settlers in the 13th century. Weft ikat on silk continued to be produced in isolated villages along the Mekong River and in the province of Takeo in the south until the early 1970s, when civil war put an end to this cottage industry. It has been resuscitated since the resumption of peace in the early 1990s.
Whereas the more recent weft ikat are often decorated with geometric motifs resembling those of ‘patola’, samples dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries feature the swastika, the S-shaped “hook and key”, and other motifs from a much earlier bronze-age culture.” (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 46)Sampot, weft ikat, silk, zigzag motif, loin cloth
The geometric diagonal trellis layout of the pattern is reminiscent of the fabled double-ikat weaves of Gujarat, India which were traded widely in South-East Asia and subsequently imitated in Laos, Cambodia and parts of Indonesia.(Gillow, World Textiles p143.)(Gillow, John and Sentance, Bryan. World Textiles. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1999
ProduktionsplatsCambodia - C
Produktionsperiod20th C, Early - C
Föremål_kategoriTextile
Materialsilk, natural dyes
TeknikWeft ikat - C
Dimensioner
L: 130 cm
W: 88 cm
W: 88 cm
