Unknown Maker, Indonesian
Woman’s ceremonial cloth (kain songket balapak)
Maker
Unknown Maker, Indonesian
Culture
Title
Woman’s ceremonial cloth (kain songket balapak)
Year
1800s
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
silk, metallic yarn Geography
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Place Made: West Sumatra
Dimensions
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Length: 228.6 cm (90 inches)
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Object Number
55.546 Type
Publications
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Unknown Maker, Indonesian
Woman’s ceremonial cloth (kain songket balapak), 1800s
Silk, gold-wrapped yarn; plain weave, continuous supplementary gold weft patterning
Length: 228.6 cm (90 inches)
Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 55.546
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