Atjehsche kain (antique ikat textile) (historical) is a document described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Antique Acehnese ikat-woven silk textile with characteristic lambajöng (dark purple) and silver thread.

Date

historical

Parties

Acehnese home industry

Subject

Antique Acehnese ikat-woven silk textile with characteristic lambajöng (dark purple) and silver thread. Documented as benchmark of vanished weaving tradition.

Significance

Atjehsche kain (antique ikat textile) is recorded by Jongejan as part of the documentary record 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. —.