Porl situtu (ritual cloth)
Dateearly 20th century
Object number2024.15.14
Provenance[Dancing Threads, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2018]; purchased by David Paly, Gig Harbor, Washington, 2018; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2024
Published ReferencesGlobal Ikat: Routes and Roots of a Textile Technique: The David
Paly Collection. Gibson Island, MD; London: Historic Textile Research
Foundation, with Hali Publications, 2023; p. 85, ill., no. MA52.
Credit LineGift of David and Marita Paly
Dimensions105 × 55 in. (266.7 × 139.7 cm)
MediumCotton, warp ikat
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Toba Batak
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.9
Indonesia, West Timor, Miomafo, Atoin Meto people
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.11
Indonesia, East Sumba
mid 19th - mid 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.17
Indonesia, Bali, Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Bali Aga people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.5
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Bangka Island, Malay people
early 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.8