VERY RARE EARLY 1900’S ANTIQUE TEXTILE COLLECTIBLE: OLD BALINESE HAND WOVEN HAND EMBROIDERED LAMAK USED TO DRESS TEMPLE STATUES CANOPY OR EAVE DURING RITUAL RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES GOLD THREADS FRAMED IN UNIQUE HAND PAINTED FRAME 27x 12 ½” DFBE2

ABOUT 100 YEARS OLD RARE CEREMONIAL TRADITIONAL CANOPY Belonged to Balinese nobility Produced in Jembrana Regency between 1890 and 1920 by noblewomen and restricted to the nobility. This rare antique Lamak embroidery  is a ritual object, an intermediary bridge or path between heaven and earth, a spirit lure of sorts ITEM DFBE2 BALI ANTIQUE TEMPLE CEREMONIAL CANOPY VALENCE GOLD THREAD EMBROIDERIES FROM THE EARLY 1900’S THIS IS A VERY OLD PIECE THAT WAS ONCE HANGING AS A TRADITIONAL TEMPLE DECORATION, UNIQUE WITH HAND WOVEN FABRIC BEAD TASSELS AND GOLD THREAD EMBROIDERIES.            CUSTOM FRAMED IN A HAND PAINTED FRAME  MADE TO ENHANCE THIS RARE FABRIC, BY ARTIST DOMINIQUE RICE, ACID FREE MAT SIZE IS: 26 ¾” X 12 ½” ITEM DFBE2 SUCH PIECES ARE VERY HARD TO COME BY TODAY ONE-OF-A-KIND   Balinese informants explain that a “Lamak” mainly acts as a base for offerings and as decoration of shrines and altars. The Lamak dresses up the sacred places for offerings, it acts as an invita