Ikat-weefsel (English: “Tie-dye textile”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Old Acehnese silk ikat textile; somber tone, very supple; once thriving home industry, now practically gone (1930).

Translation

Tie-dye textile

Description

Old Acehnese silk ikat textile; somber tone, very supple; once thriving home industry, now practically gone (1930).

Significance

The term Ikat-weefsel is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

See Also

Source

Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. —.