Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis), 19th century, Abung, Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung, Indonesia, Two panels joined: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave, embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, cotton, gilt-metal coils, gilt-metal wire wrapped cotton, gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton and gilt-metal spangles in running stitches, laidwork, couching, and padded couching, x 122 cm (45 x 48 in


Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis), 19th century, Abung, Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung, Indonesia, Two panels joined: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave, embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, cotton, gilt-metal coils, gilt-metal wire wrapped cotton, gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton and gilt-metal spangles in running stitches, laidwork, couching, and padded couching, x 122 cm (45 x 48 in.)


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