841 B - Fine Pedan Pidan Tie Dye Silk Ikat Temple Banner Wall Art from Cambodia use-prayer hand woven and hand spun

hand woven  and hand spun cotton

Madhya Pradesh - central India

Circa 1960s-1970s

Sometimes these combs were left in the hair after combing and doubled up as ornaments

Fair condition

841 B - Fine Pedan Pidan Tie Dye Silk Ikat Temple Banner Wall Art from Cambodia use-prayer hand woven and hand spunA finely woven silk Ikat artwork from Cambodia Such artworks are offered in worship and hung up as banners. In the olden days these were much long rectangles while this one is almost a square. Acquired in 2008 or 2009 from one of the groups that are engaged in the revival effort outside Siem Reap. Of all the ikats that I have seen, antique Cambodian ikats are the finest and though this is a revival textile (not antique), the finesse is comparable to