Vintage Handloom Ikat Sarong from Flores Ganesh giving the cage a light

giving the cage a light visual quality while retaining strength and durability

The mudra is always from a seated position with the right hand resting on the knee

Later the shape was refined and became a classic vase style also known as a "Trumpet Mouth Vase

Such marks were sometimes used by manufacturers or suppliers

Vintage Handloom Ikat Sarong from Flores Ganesh giving the cage a lightThese are woven in Ende on the southern coast of the east Indonesian island of Flores. Sarong or sarung denotes the lower garment worn by Southeast Asian men and women which is stitched at the narrower edges to form a tube. The design is typical of Flores Ikat and the size of the piece is exactly the size of a handloom. 85 years old and dyed with natural dyes. The stitching could easily be unpicked, so it could be used as a throw. From Indonesia. UK