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Lower body wrapper
Indonesian (Sumatran)
Dutch colonial rule
19th–20th century
Object Place: Sumatra, Indonesia
Medium/Technique
Silk, metallic gold-covered silk thread, natural dyes; plain-weave ground, warp yarn resist-dyed (ikat), discontinuous supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
93 x 169 cm (36 5/8 x 66 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.823
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRectangular violet-red, natural white and metallic gold silk cloth with warp fringe on each end. The primary design is of repeating narrow stripes with irregular chevrons in violet-red, red and natural white created by the warp ikat technique. The entire piece is woven with an overall pattern of supplemental gold weft thread.
Provenancevan Kerckhoff Collection purchased by MFA on July 17, 1930
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art