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Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis)early 20th century

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Vertical textile with dense gold embroidery on navy and burgundy horizontal stripes, featuring rows of animals, plants, and geometric motifs with a gold-script border at the bottom
Textile fragment with horizontal bands of dense gold metallic embroidery on deep blue and dark red fabric, depicting stylized trees, birds, and foliage motifs, with a striped woven border band and a row of repeated embroidered figures along the lower edge.
Title
Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis)
Culture
Abung people
Place Made
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung
Date Made
early 20th century
Medium
Cotton plain weave with metallic thread embroidery
Dimensions
28 1/2 x 46 1/2 in. (72.39 x 118.11 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.639
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles