Nobleman's ceremonial overwrap (kampuh endek or saput endek)

In Bali before the twentieth century, textiles woven with designs in ikat as well as those with gold- and silver-wrapped threads (songket) were both made by and worn by women of the royal courts. In Bali, ikat is known as endek, and the pattern is dyed into the crosswise weft threads, rather than the warp as it is in much of the rest of island Southeast Asia. This technique is painstaking, as the pattern must be realigned with every passing of the shuttle. Today textiles made with these techniques can be worn by any who can afford them. They remain a marker of status.

This textile is a wrap that would be worn over an inner skirt cloth on formal and ceremonial occasions. Although they are very difficult and expensive to make and may be worn to ritual occasions, the textiles themselves are not considered sacred.