Sumatra Batak very fine Ulos #8

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 about 13 inches of supplemental weaving decorates both ends. The first photo below shows half the textile, the other half is the mirror image.

Overall dimensions:
Width is fairly uniform at 32.5 inches;
Length is 75 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 very good, no holes or stains, only some light wear and/or soil is possible. There is however some sunfading, which runs in bands across the textile. 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.