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Abung people
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area

Ceremonial Skirt (tapis), 20th century

Cotton and silk, warp-faced plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton in laidwork and couching
107.6 x 131.3 cm (42 3/8 x 51 11/16 in.)
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection, 2005.460




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