One from Sulawesi, Galumpang, To Mangki Toraja, 19th century (and earlier). Loin cloth 'pio uki', for ceremonial use only. Handspun, traces of wear. For a similar piece see B. Khan Majlis, Gewebte Botschaften, Hildesheim 1991, S.375ff. The other from West Sumba, third quarter 20e century. Body cloth rusu(rohu)-banggi, one piece, probably status related length, fringes. Protective textile from old war outfit at the annual hors tournament ‘payola’. Lit. S. Fraser-Lu, Handwoven Textiles of South East Asia, Oxford 1989, p. 134, plate 21 p. 134.

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