Skirt Cloth (songket balapak)

indonesian21st Centurytextileweaving

Date

1950/2000

Medium

Cotton and rayon, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton supplementary patterning wefts

Dimensions

149.2 × 95.6 cm (58 3/4 × 37 5/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection

Also notable

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Tubular Skirt (Sarong)

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