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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 341681, member: 2844&quot;]Although I own several ikats, I don&#039;t know much about them in general.</p><p>I do know that determining the origin of an ikat can be a very complex matter, because it is made on just about every Indonesian island, by both tribal and non-tribal societies. Indigo ikats are also made in just about every region. Famous dark blue ikats are made by the Batak (Sumatra) and on Sumbawa, but this looks different from their styles.</p><p>Do you have any information on former owners? Where the family came from or lived in Indonesia?</p><p>I can&#039;t see the weave very well, but it looks like a weft ikat (inslag-ikat in Dutch). That means the weft thread is ikat dyed. The pattern isn&#039;t on the warp threads on the loom, but it starts to appear when you weave with the weft thread. That technique narrows the origin down.</p><p>The free-flowing way the flowers are designed makes me think of a non-tribal region, like Java or parts of Sumatra, but I could be wrong.</p><p>As to age, it looks at least early 1900s, possibly older.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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