Image

Unknown Maker, Sumatran

kain songket,

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Sumatran

Title

kain songket

Medium

silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

silk,
metallic thread; plain weave,
discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Techniques

Silk,
metallic thread; plain weave,
discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Dimensions

259.1 cm (102 inches) (length)

Type

Costume

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.538

About

kain songket

Exhibition History

Sarongs of Sumatra

January 23 - May 3, 1987

Use

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