The Origin of Cambodian Ikat

The Origin of Cambodian Ikat

As so often happens in research, what one finds is not what one expected. Patterns from six of the world’s great civilizations found their way into Khmer ikat. And some of those patterns are more than four thousand years old. I documented my research in The Origins of Khmer Ikat - in India, and Beyond, published in April of 2026.