Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Abung

Title

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis)

Place

Indonesia (Object made in)

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Made 1801–1900

Medium

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

Dimensions

114.5 × 122 cm (45 × 48 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection

Reference Number

2002.988

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