I am posting these few tubeskirts because they are a little different to the type that you normally see. I am wondering if forum members have similar pieces or information about them.
I assume they are Iban or a closely related group (?), probably from the Kalimantan side of the border. The "usual" kind of tubeskirt that is illustrated in publications has all-over ikat designs, with some narrow stripes at the edges only. There are some of these in older threads in this forum that have this kind of skirt, eg:
These skirts seem to be mostly made of commercial cotton, with natural dyes used for the ikat parts and some commercially dyed cotton used in the border stripes.
Grateful for any thoughts or info!
Chris
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File comment: tubeskirt, 54cm x 57cm

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File comment: tubeskirt, opened out. The design is similar but not the same as the previous piece, 54cm x 108cm

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File comment: detail of previous tubeskirt

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File comment: fragile and feels relatively old, despite the presence of a stripe of bright red synthetic dye in the border, 52cm x58cm

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File comment: handspun cotton and natural dyes, 60cm x 58cm

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