Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang) by Minangkabau people, textile, 1801-1900

Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang)

Minangkabau people

Year
1801-1900
Medium
Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of weft-faced warp ribbed plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of slit tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gilt-metal strip; plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and gilt-metal coil fringe
Dimensions
331.2 × 6.4 cm (130 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Indonesia
Period
Indonesian Art

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