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Unknown Maker, Sumatran

Skirtcloth (kain songket),

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Sumatran

Title

Skirtcloth (kain songket)

Medium

silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • metallic threat; plain weave,
  • discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Techniques

  • Silk,
  • metallic threat; plain weave,
  • discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Dimensions

311.2 cm (122 1/2 inches) (length)

Type

  • Costume

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.540

About

Skirtcloth (kain songket)

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Sarongs of Sumatra

January 23 - May 3, 1987

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Skirtcloth (kain songket) with the accession number of 55.540. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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