Woman’s ceremonial jacket

Name/Title

Woman’s ceremonial jacket

Entry/Object ID

2026.1.151

Description

Cotton ceremonial jacket with ikat, silk, mirrors, trade cloth, metallic wrapped yarns, shells, and sequins. The garment features two prominent panels at the front opening and a back panel, each densely ornamented with small shells, beadwork, sequins, metallic wrapped yarn brocade, and silk floss embroidery.

Acquisition

Accession

2026.1

Source or Donor

Douglas B. Seery

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Patti Seery Collection, Gift of Douglas B. Seery

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Textile Details

Technique

Plain Weave, Supplementary-weft Patterning

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Province

Lampung

Island

Sumatra

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Kauer

Dimensions

Width

127 cm

Length

28 cm

Material

Cotton, metallic thread, nassa shells