Tenun ATBM (Alat Tenun Bukan Mesin)
Tenun ATBM (Alat Tenun Bukan Mesin — Non-Mechanized Loom) is the category term for Java's handloom weaving traditions outside the batik system — producing plain, striped, checked, and supplementary-weft patterned cloth in silk, cotton, or synthetic fiber using the fly-shuttle non-mechanized loom. Major centers include Troso (Jepara district) for silk tenun; Silungkang-influenced production in Central Java; and various Yogyakarta-area producers of silk songket and ikat-influenced cloth. Unlike batik (surface design on pre-woven cloth), tenun's pattern is structural — built into the weave itself through warp arrangement and supplementary weft. Troso tenun in particular produces a complex supplementary weft silk cloth that rivals the quality of Sumatra songket but remains largely unknown internationally.
Risk level: Endangered · Not inscribed
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