Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)
Paminggir people Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Two panels joined: stripes of cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat), plain weave with paired warps; cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts: and stripes of cotton, plain weave embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in back, chain, stem and surface satin stitches; laidwork and couching
- Dimensions
- 145.7 × 128.7 cm (57 3/8 × 50 5/8 in.)
- Department
- Textiles
- Credit line
- Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection