Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Bali
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Title:
Textile; selendang; sash; shoulder wrap. Indonesia
Date:
1941
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
supplementary weft
Materials:
"songket"
Materials:
silk
Materials:
metallic thread
Materials:
textile
Dimensions:
330.0 cm by 30.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X61.53
Subject:
- fringed geometric
- handwoven supplementary weft "songket" silk metallic thread textile
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: "Selendang" or sash; a fringed "selendang" such as this would be used as a shoulder wrap or dance accessory. "Songket" technique or supplementary weft with metallic thread. Both gold-colored and silver-colored wrapped thread are used in this piece. Collected during the decade preceding World War II.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft209nb0f h

Textile; selendang; sash; shoulder wrap. Indonesia