Songket Cual Anambas
Fabric Type: Songket
Pattern Name: Sampan Layar kombinasi Tikar Anambas (Merah Muda)
Pattern Meaning: Motif ini menggambarkan perpaduan persatuan dan kebersamaan yang dilambangkan sampan layar dan tikar anambas bahu membahu membangun negeri anambas yang sejahtera
Material Type: Katun
Size: 200 cm x 150 cm
Type of Thread: Benang Sutra
Coloring Type: Pewarna Sintetis
Fabric Making Technique: ATBM
MSME Profile
The Kurnia Community Learning Activity Center (PKBM) has a brand with the name "Mak Eteh" which produces CUAL fabrics, namely woven fabrics native to the Anambas archipelago (formerly known as SIANTAN). Cual cloth veil is the first woven cloth woven by Hj. Halimah (H.Abdurahman's wife) in Teluk Encau village (now Siantan Timur district) in 1863. The distinctive motif is SAMPAN LAYAR, which depicts Siantan Island as a group of islands which are a unifying symbol and canoe transportation which is part of the life of the Siantan people (anambas). Songket Motif Cual Anambas are all done by the skilled hands of women.