Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Minangkabau
Creation Place:
West Sumatra
Title:
Textile fragment. Indonesia
Date:
Collected 1930s
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
supplementary weft
Materials:
"songket"
Materials:
silk
Materials:
metallic thread
Dimensions:
36.2 cm by 14.5 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X74.365
Subject:
- handwoven supplementary weft "songket" silk metallic thread
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: Cloth fragment; "songket" technique or supplementary weft with metallic yarn. This piece is probably from the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, who are well known for their "songket" work. Traditional Minangkabau costume includes a variety of belts, waist cloths and shoulder cloths, from which such a piece might come. However, the "songket" technique was also represented in the textiles of other parts of Sumatra, especially in South Sumatra and in Aceh.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft8g5008b n

Textile fragment. Indonesia