1910 SOLD Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fragment review_fragment Swat shawls are rare -

Swat shawls are rare - but in all my years of collecting

Perhaps the most important materials owned by families were textiles

Antique Thangka originally from a Tibetan monastery and joined a Western collection in the '80s

turquoise & coral

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1910 SOLD Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fragment review_fragment Swat shawls are rare -Fantastic fragment of an Indian Trade textile. Has vines and flowers The border remains uncolored and appears to be wholly hand drawn The field appears to be hand drawn as well and colored using small block stamp print but am not informed enough about the technique so please make your own judgement. Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi. This fragment has been saved from a fire therefore has burn marks present. Holes and stains. Edges not