Early 20th century
Length of cloth with stripes in brown ikat alternating with stripes in red yellow and blue. The cloth has been further embellished with hand embroidery in the form of decorative geometric shapes and connecting lines. In addition small pieces of mica have been sewn onto the ground material.
TRC 2013.0420
Embroidered cloth sample
Textile Research Centre
Cotton dyes mica silk
Hand woven cloth resist dyed (weft ikat) hand embroidered (zig-zag stitch satin stitch long chain stitch split stitch tied cross stitch) applied mica