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Skirt Cloth (songket balapak)

A work made of cotton and rayon, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton supplementary patterning wefts.

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  • A work made of cotton and rayon, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton supplementary patterning wefts.

Date:

1950/2000

Artist:

Minangkabau people
Indonesia, West Sumatra

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Minangkabau

Title

Skirt Cloth (songket balapak)

Place

Sumatra (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 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.)

Credit Line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection

Reference Number

2005.454

Extended information about this artwork

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