About This Artwork

Iban people
Indonesia, Borneo, Sarawak, Baleh River area

Ceremonial Cloth (pua kumbu), 1901/50

Two panels joined: cotton, stripes of warp-faced plain weave (single and paired warps)and of warp resist dyed (warp ikat), warp-faced plain weave with paired warps and supplementary weft twining
208 x 138 cm (81 7/8 x 54 3/8 in.)
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection, 2002.948




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