Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)

Textiles

Early 20th century

Abung
Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Abung
Title: Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)
Place: Indonesia (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1901–1925
Medium: Two panels joined; silk and cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton; laidwork and couching
Dimensions: 114.1 × 63 cm (44 7/8 × 24 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection
Reference Number: 2002.1017

E.M. (Pete) Bakwin, Chicago, IL, by 2002 [E.M. Bakwin Collection of Indonesian Textiles inventory EMB-1536, incoming receipt RX23940, dated Jan. 22, 2003, in curatorial file, Textiles Department]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.

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