Ceremonial Skirt (Sarong songket)

Provenance

E.M. (Pete) Bakwin, Chicago, IL, by Jan. 22, 2002 [E.M. Bakwin Collection of Indonesian Textiles, inventory EMB-1510; incoming receipt RX23940, Jan. 22, 2003; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.

Ceremonial Skirt (Sarong songket)

Minangkabau

Late 19th/early 20th century

Accession Number

180360

Medium

Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal strip wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; glazed

Dimensions

148.6 × 97.8 cm (58 1/2 × 38 1/2 in.)

Classification

weaving

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection