CEREMONIAL HANGING AND SHROUD PORI SITUTU.
Indonesia. Toraja. Sulawesi. Rongkong district. Ca. 1900.

Four panels. Hand-woven cotton. Warp ikat. These types of curtain were used to screen high-standing mourners; but this textile was also worn by women in several layers as sarong. Length 262cm; width 143cm. Sewn on a modern fabric of black linen as support. Condition B. Holes and somewhat brittle.

Provenance:
-Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. Acquired beginning of 1980s.

Literature:
-R. Maxwell: Textiles of Southeast Asia. Australian National Gallery 1990. Compare type: P. 130; No 188.Art trade; Van Ham.