Pelangi or Rainbow - a Ceremonial Shoulder Cloth
Product Description
Perhaps the most well know of the tie-dyed Sumatra cloths are the pelangi slendangs of Palembang. The Palembang pelangis are repositories of Indonesian trade history. Palembang, both on the trade route to India and China was a truly cosmopolitan teeming coastal city.
Many languages were spoken here and all kinds of foreign textiles found their way into this city. Palembang pelangi is a good example of how Sumatrans adapted foreign influences to satisfy their own aesthetic parameters.
The slendangs are formed by a combination of tie-dying and resist stitching imported Chinese Shantung silk. The patterns echo the intricate Kashmiri buttas patterns and other complex geometrical designs. Stars, ambis or the Indian paisley, squares, flame or tumpals and mithai or lozenges dominate the decorative elements of Palembang pelangi.
The colors predominantly tend to be darker hues of purple, reds, yellow and blues. Indigo, madder, imported Cochineal barnacle and a keen knowledge of mordants allowed the Sumatrans to make their cloths colorfast.
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Origin: Palembang, Sumatra
Date: Late 19th to Early 20th
Method: Tie-dye and Tritik (Stitched)
Material: Silk
Type: Ceremonial Shoulder Cloth
All images on this website © IndoArts
Many languages were spoken here and all kinds of foreign textiles found their way into this city. Palembang pelangi is a good example of how Sumatrans adapted foreign influences to satisfy their own aesthetic parameters.
The slendangs are formed by a combination of tie-dying and resist stitching imported Chinese Shantung silk. The patterns echo the intricate Kashmiri buttas patterns and other complex geometrical designs. Stars, ambis or the Indian paisley, squares, flame or tumpals and mithai or lozenges dominate the decorative elements of Palembang pelangi.
The colors predominantly tend to be darker hues of purple, reds, yellow and blues. Indigo, madder, imported Cochineal barnacle and a keen knowledge of mordants allowed the Sumatrans to make their cloths colorfast.
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Origin: Palembang, Sumatra
Date: Late 19th to Early 20th
Method: Tie-dye and Tritik (Stitched)
Material: Silk
Type: Ceremonial Shoulder Cloth
All images on this website © IndoArts