Woven Souls
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The Khmer Gallerie
The offering of ‘Pidan’ canopy or banners are
a part of ancient Buddhist religious rituals.
Pidans usually depict the Jataka tales or the life of Buddha.
Other silk textile banners are woven
in geometric patterns or as ship cloths.
Fourteen religious paintings on cotton cloth,
suspended vertically down the pillars of the Buddhist vihear (temple)
dated to 1877 have been documented.
Pidans are woven using the single Ikat method.

The ikat in 802 & 803 is finer than any other I have seen, including Patan Patola Ikats (which are double not single ikats but not as closely woven as these).

Some contemporary Pidans :

Khmer Buddhist Pidan, Silk
Asset Code 801

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Khmer Raw Silk Pidan
Made by Master artisan -all natural dyes, Fine weaving
Asset Code 802

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Khmer Buddhist Extremely Finely woven Pidan
Asset Code 803

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Khmer Buddhist Square Pidan
Asset Code 804

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Travelogue on Angkor & KhmerTextile Traditions

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