Laboyan

English Etymology From en Laboya n. Adjective - From, or pertaining to, Laboya. en 1993 Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff; Ruth Barnes; David J. Stuart-Fox Weaving Patterns of Life: Indonesian Textile Symposium 1991 Museum of Ethnography, Basel Switzerland 9783952053805 254 https://books.google.com/books?id=wYDWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA254&dq=Laboyan&hl=en As it is the most splendid creation within the Laboyan textile tradition, the value of this type of large men's wrap was perhaps always twofold. en 1997 Webb Keane Signs of Recognition: Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian Society University of California Press London 9780520204751 Chapter 3: Things of Value 79 https://books.google.com/books?id=P7cwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79&dq=Laboyan&hl=en Moreover, ambiguity may be tactically advantageous, as suggested by Edgar Keller's (1992: 258) account of a rich, self-made Laboyan who favored an idiosyncratic style of tying his headcloth, with the ends handing down. Related terms en Lamboyan