Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Palembang
Creation Place:
South Sumatra
Title:
Textile; kain (lower body wrap) or selendang (shoulder cloth). Indonesia
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
weft ikat
Materials:
supplementary weft
Materials:
"songket"
Materials:
silk
Materials:
metallic thread
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
233.6 cm by 101.6 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X81.1439
Subject:
- handwoven weft ikat supplementary weft "songket" silk metallic thread
fabric
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: An example of a well known style of cloth from Palembang, South Sumatra, decorated by both the weft ikat and the supplementary weft techniques on a red silk ground. The polychrome weft ikat center panel shows the influence of Indian trade cloths. The supplementary weft with metallic thread is a widespead technique in Indonesia known as "songket". Illustrations of similar cloths can be found in Kahn Majlis 1984:plates 110, 114 & 116. The size and shape of the cloth would suggest that it be considered a "kain" or cloth worn wrapped around the lower half of the body; however, examples in Kahn Majlis with similar dimensions are labeled "selendang", implying use as shoulder cloths.
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Kahn Majlis, Brigitte. 1984. INDONESISCHE TEXTILIEN: WEGE ZU GOTTERN UND AHNEN. Cologne, Germany, Rautenstrauch-Joest- Museum.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft3j49n8b n

Textile; kain (lower body wrap) or selendang (shoulder cloth). Indonesia