If in all exceptional instance a different technique is employed, tile patterns diverge considerably from tile usual ones. This, for example, is the case with the textiles of the lban Dayaks woven by the pilih method, the patterns of which occupy a particular place of their own in Dayak art. The same applies to tile so-called ragidup textiles of tile Toba Bataks, who use the floating weft. Or, their fabrics, made by tie-dyeing of the warp, there is only iin arrow-head motif whereas tile ragidup fabrics are ornamented with the most elaborate geometrical motifs.

The fabrics woven by the process of tie-dyeing of tile warp front the Lesser Sundas to the cast of Sumbawa and the South Molucca Islands are particularly attractive. Each island has retained its individual artistic style, motifs, and dyeing methods. Besides the Sumba textiles already refer-red to, those of Timor, Sawu, Roti and Lomblen must be mentioned.

Wherever silk is used as tile basic substance, either tie-dyeing of tile Silk as warp, the floating weft technique, or a combination of both methods is applied. But this is only the case in those areas where the post-Dong Son period left its mark, such as southern Sumatra, the Padang plateau, and Atjeh (Achin).

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