Borneo Ikat Textiles: Style Variations, Ethnicity, and Ancestry - Hardcoverby Traude Gavin (Author) Among the numerous ethnic groups on the island of Borneo, one group in particular the Iban of the Malaysian state of Sarawak stands out for their spectacular heritage of handwoven textiles. Over the past forty years, their richly decorated ikat textiles have been the subject of intense collecting activity and numerous publications. The textiles of the Iban related groups of West Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo, however, have