Kalimantan Decor Set

Dayak women will wear traditional dress and carry traditional woven seed baskets during an agricultural ceremony. We are offering this unique set of three natural dyed seed baskets along with this Tating tubular skirt embellished with bells, beads and shells. Tating refers to the sound the bells make as they jingle during dance. Dayak textiles have always been highly regarded for their unique designs, many of which are said to be woven from dreams.

This exquisite deep brown textile was made with the roots of Morinda citrifolia, natural mordants and tannins. On either side of the shells pattern is the motif sandung and ticak serawak. A sandung is a shrine that houses skulls and bones of deceased family members and is placed in front of the long house. The ticak serawak is a small gecko lizard and when you hear its sound you know that the ancestor has agreed with what has been spoken. The motifs on the back are buah beruru an auspicious fruit said to repel negative forces. Perau pengayuh is the traditional boat that the Dayak use to go up river to hunt or gather vegetables. 

Information about the makers will be supplied with each cloth.
Traditional Skirt : Warp ikat, single panel stitched together and sewn as a tube, commercial cotton, natural dyes, sewn beads, shells, and bells. Made in Sintang, West Kalimantan 2024.
Size 67 x 61 cm / 26.5 x 24 in

Cupai - Basketry with bamboo and a grass locally called senggang (Hornstedtia scyphifera), natural dyes. Made in Kalimantan, 2024.
12 x 12 x 14 cm / 4.5 x 4.5 x 5.5 in
11 x 11 x 15 cm / 4.5 x 4.5 x 6 in
11 x 11 x 13 cm / 4.5 x 4.5 x 5 in