About This Artwork
Paminggir people
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area
Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)c. 1900
Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe
CIETA: toile lancé, broché
220 x 68.8 cm (86 5/8 x 25 1/8 in.)
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection, 2002.919
Textiles
Not on Display