Woman's Tube Skirt (Tapis)

Textile

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Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Woman's Tube Skirt (Tapis)

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.6

Description

Open Sarong (Skirt) Stars and strips design. Gold thread on mostly purple background.

Acquisition

Accession

2022.1

Source or Donor

Helena Hernmarck

Credit Line

Gift of Helena Hernmarck in memory of Mary Kahlenberg

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Date made

1850 - 1900

Textile Details

Technique

Plain Weave, Embroidery

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Province

Lampung

Island

Sumatra

Country

Indonesia

Dimensions

Width

126 cm

Length

112 cm

Material

Cotton, Metallic Thread

Provenance

Notes

Donated by Helena Hernmarck to Tracing Patterns Foundation (TPF) in 2022, donated by TPF to U. Ciputra on February 23, 2023