About This Artwork

Paminggir people
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area, Kota Agung (?)

Ceremonial Textile, End of the 19th century

Four panels joined; cotton, gilt-metal strip, silvered-paper-strip wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; stitched together with pineapple fiber
75.2 x 240.7 cm (29 5/8 x 94 3/4 in.)
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection, 2002.910




Browse Related

Textiles