Sumatra Batak very fine Ulos #7

Very fine Ulos textile from Sumatra
This textile was purchased ca. 1990 from an antique shop in Bukittinggi, central Sumatra. We were told it was 10-20 years old at the time.

This cloth was hand woven by a Batak weaver in northern Sumatra. It is called an ulos and is a type of Selendang or Shawl Woven Cloth. The weave is very fine and all cotton, in warp-face plain weave with supplemental weft decorations. There are flecks of warp ikat in the black field. Long twisted warp fringes decorate both ends, and a 2-inch supplemental weft band finishes and stabilizes the ends. The first photo below shows half the textile, the other half is the mirror image.

Overall dimensions:
Width varies from 28 inches at the ends to about 32 inches in the center;
Length is 77 inches excluding the long twisted warp fringes.
This textile was woven as a single panel of cloth. The edges are very finely selvage-finished.

Condition is excellent, no holes or stains, only some light wear and/or soil is possible. In the photos below, the warp always runs vertically. The first image shows approximately half of the garment, the other half is a mirror image.