Textile with a Forested Landscape late 14th-early 15th century India (Gujarat), for the Indonesian market One of the finest surviving examples of its type, this spectacular full-length cloth is composed of a series of stylized but still identifiable interlocking trees that form a densely forested landscape. A number of Indonesian communities prized these textiles, including the Toraja of central highland Sulawesi, who refer to them as Maa, or cloths of the ancestors. The late fourteenth- to early fifteenth-century date of this piece demonstrates that the trade in Gujarati-painted and printed cotton goods to Indonesian markets was well established long before the Portuguese arrived in India.cat. no. 3b. Textile with a Forested Landscape. India (Gujarat), for the Indonesian market. late 14th-early 15th century. Cotton, painted resist and block-printed mordant, dyed. Textiles-Painted
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