Textile

This sample is from a plain weave textile, woven on a commercial treadle loom. Men operate these looms in co-operative or factory enterprises. These textiles are produced mainly for skirts, shawls, and shirts. Although textile patterns were formerly distinguishable between towns, adaptation of patterns from town to town, makes establishing the origin of a modern commercial textile virtually impossible (Anderson).

textile sample

Rectangular strip of woven cotton cloth. Double ikat with bands of green, yellow, blue, red, pink and orange horizontally between wide red and white ikat sections; vertical yellow band and black and white ikat bands. White adhesive tag reads 'ghost weaving'. The edges are cut unevenly.