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Abung
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung
Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis)n.d.
Two panels joined: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, cotton, gilt-metal coils, gilt-metal wire wrapped cotton ,gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton and gilt-metal spangles in running stitches; laidwork, couching, and ( ) padded couching
113.7 x 119.4 cm (44 3/4 x 47 in.)
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection, 2002.988
Textiles
Not on Display