The Eight Elders
The Eight Elders
The Eight Elders
The Eight Elders
The Eight Elders
The Eight Elders
The Eight Elders
The Eight Elders

The Eight Elders

T02.SW.BI.1862

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This deep black morilotong textile from Sulawesi contains the pattern of ulu karua or the eight ancestors. To achieve this rich black colour the threads are boiled in a tannin mixture before immersion in mud. Almost a kilo of young leaves from the bilate tree (Homalanthus novoguinensis) are collected and boiled. Homalanthus has a high tannin content. A wild bean climber called bewak (in the Leguminacae family) is also added. After the depth of dye is reached through repeated applications, the threads are washed in a fast flowing river multiple times until the water runs clear assuring the colour is fast.

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Warp ikat, two panels stitched together, open fringe, commercial cotton, natural dyes. Ikat tied, dyed in Mamuju, Sulawesi, 2019. Size 195 x 118 cm / 77 x 46.5 in

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