Indonesian Cotton Tubular Skirt

Hot red stripes carry rows of tiny cream diamonds with feathered edges.

This tubular skirt from Sumba is from Sumba, Indonesia, and dates to the 20th century. It is cotton. Sumba is widely known for its ikat textiles, in which the threads are bound and dyed before weaving to build up bands of figurative and geometric designs. Long cloth woven in horizontal stripes of vivid red, dark brown and black, with diamond shapes in pale cream repeating down its length. The diamond edges are soft and blurred, and the fabric is slightly rumpled. It is 20 inches wide and 57 long.

Bright, loud, and entirely without regret.