Ceremonial Waist Sashes (ikak pinggang)

Provenance

E.M. (Pete) Bakwin, Chicago, IL, by Jan. 22, 2002 [E.M. Bakwin Collection of Indonesian Textiles, inventory EMB-1022D; incoming receipt RX23940, Jan. 22, 2003; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.

Ceremonial Waist Sashes (ikak pinggang)

Minangkabau

19th century

Accession Number

180291

Medium

Cotton and silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, weft-faced, warp ribbed plain weave, and slit tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; with hammered white metal fitting and fringe of chain and cut, hammered end pieces

Dimensions

318.8 × 7 cm (125 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection