Shoulder or Head Cloth (selendang)

Textiles

19th century

Minangkabau people
Indonesia, West Sumatra, Tanjung Sungayang area

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Minangkabau
Title: Shoulder or Head Cloth (selendang)
Origin: Sumatra
Date: Made 1801–1900
Medium: Silk, cotton, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, plied main warp fringe terminating in knotted silk, cut tassels
Dimensions: 166.4 × 71.8 cm (65 1/2 × 30 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection
Reference Number: 2002.960
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Majlis, Brigette Khan. “The Art of Indonesian Textiles: The E. M. Bakwin Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.” Museum Studies, vol. 3, no. 2 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2007), p. 47.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Galleries 108-109, The Art of Indonesian Textiles: The E. M. Bakwin Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, December 1, 2007–March 2, 2008

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