Image

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

Sarongs of Sumatra

January 23 - May 3, 1987

Use

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