Waist or Shoulder Cloth (lafa)

Provenance

E.M. (Pete) Bakwin, Chicago, IL, by Jan. 22, 2002 [E.M. Bakwin Collection of Indonesian Textiles, inventory EMB-9196; incoming receipt RX23940, Jan. 22, 2003; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.

Waist or Shoulder Cloth (lafa)

1975/2000

Accession Number

180356

Medium

Two panels joined: stripes of cotton, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; and of cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat), warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; warp ends interlaced with twining wefts; main warp plied fringe

Dimensions

118 × 87 cm (46 1/2 × 34 1/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection