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Lombok Pottery
Lombok pots have become widely known. Most of Lombok
pottery are handmade and using very simple tools
and methods - no machinery used but very creative.
Lombok Hand Weaving
Typical of sarongs and tenun ikat are produced here.
The sarong is not only a comfortable article of
clothing but can serve as a sheet, towel and multitude
of other uses. Songket, is one of the most complicated
hand weaving that usually done by women from
generation to generation. The process can take over a
month to reach one piece of songket. Some expensive
songket combines silver or gold strings to give a
touch of natural, shiny motif.
Two main villages on Lombok which known for it's
traditional weaving villages, They are; Sukarara
(Central of Lombok ) and Pringgasela (East Lombok).
Typical of sarongs of Songket and tenun ikat are
produced. The sarong is not only a comfortable article
of clothing but can serve as a sheet, towel and
multitude of other uses. Songket, is one of the most
complicated hand weaving that usually done by women
from generation to generation. The process can take
over a month to reach one piece of songket. Some
expensive songket combines silver or gold strings to
give a touch of natural, shiny motif. Other kind of
hand weaving is called Ikat Weaving, usually done by
men.
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