A woman's warp faced tube skirt, called an 'ei worapi', which is made of synthetically dyed commercial cotton. The textile is made in two sections and sewn together at one selvedge; one section is the mirror image of the other. [The patterning is described as it was woven (as stripes) rather than as worn (as bands).] The ground is blue/black. There is one wide, white, foliate pattern bordered on one side by three narrow, predominantly white stripes, alternating with three purple stripes. On the other side is one solid blue/black stripe and four other white foliate patterns of different widths. The sewn selvedge is red/brown. See: Duggan, Geneviève, Ikats of Savu: women weaving history in eastern Indonesia, Bangkok, White Lotus, 2001. See 2003.283 - .301 [permanent collection]
ei worapi
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