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Unknown Maker, Indonesian

Woman’s ceremonial cloth (kain songket balapak)

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Indonesian

Culture

Indonesian, Minangkabau

Title

Woman’s ceremonial cloth (kain songket balapak)

Year

1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk, metallic yarn

Geography

Place Made: West Sumatra

Dimensions

Length: 228.6 cm (90 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.546

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Indonesian Textiles
Mar 07, 1997 – May 18, 1997
A World of Costume and Textiles
"Tapestries through the Ages"
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989

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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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