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Abung people
Indonesia, South Sumatra, northern Lampung area, Monggala

Ceremonial Skirt (tapis), Early 19th century

Two panels joined: cotton and silk, stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; appliquéd with wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton, pineapple fiber, silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie) in buttonhole, double running, split, stem, straight and surface satin; laidwork and couching; embellished with metal-backed glass mirrors
110.5 x 113.7 cm (43 1/2 x 44 3/4 in.)
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection, 2002.922




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