Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Batu Sangkar
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Minangkabau
Creation Place:
Sumatra
Creation Place:
Tanah Datar
Title:
Textile; salendang; shoulder cloth. Indonesia
Materials:
silk thread
Materials:
Gilt paper wrapped thread handwoven
Materials:
frame loom(?)
Materials:
plain weave
Materials:
continuous supplementary weft
Materials:
discontinuous supplementary weft
Dimensions:
warp 268.5 cm weft 65.5 cm fringe 12.
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X93.25.26
Subject:
- eight-point star bamboo shoots cornflowers bugi chain
- silk thread Gilt paper wrapped thread handwoven frame loom(?) plain
weave continuous supplementary weft discontinuous supplementary weft
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
Single panel balanced weave textile. Except for about 25 cm on each end, the textile is solid purple with scattered 8 point stars in metallic thread. The two end panels are embellished with silk and metallic supplementary weft. Near the ends of the textile are "X" like motifs in red, yellow and light blue (kuruang) caged motif. Towards the center are bamboo shoots and cornflower motifs, followed by the Bugi chain motif (big "X"'s formed by a series of small "x"'s). The fringe consists of a separate 1 cm strip, which is the full width of the cloth, and is woven of purple silk with metallic supplementary weft. This strip is sewn to the hemmed end of the textile. Then a fringe is added by crocheting a 0.5 cm of metallic lace, to which is added a row of plied silk. Ends of the metallic and silk are, in turn, plied and left 10 cm long to form the fringe. warp: Silk, Z twist, single ply, 76 threads per inch, purple. weftS: Silk, Z twist, single ply, 52 threads per inch. SECONDARY MATERIALS: metallic (gold leaf on paper) Z wrapped around a 3 ply pink silk core.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft1199n6s h

Textile; salendang; shoulder cloth. Indonesia