Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Minangkabau
Creation Place:
Sumatra
Creation Place:
Tanah Datar
Creation Place:
Tanjung Sungayang
Title:
Textile; salendang; shoulder cloth. Indonesia
Materials:
cotton thread
Materials:
bast
Materials:
silk thread
Materials:
gold metallic thread
Materials:
sequins hand woven
Materials:
frame loom(?)
Materials:
plain weave
Materials:
continuous supplementary weft
Materials:
discontinuous supplementary weft
Dimensions:
warp 161.3
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X93.25.53
Subject:
- diamonds eight-point star
- cotton thread bast silk thread gold metallic thread sequins hand woven
frame loom(?) plain weave continuous supplementary weft discontinuous
supplementary weft
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
Single panel cloth. Plain weave cloth with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft. 2 Lidi, or 2 warps per pattern stick. warp: Cotton(?) thread, Z twist 64 threads per inch, natural. Bast, natural. Silk, Z twist, paired, 136 threads per inch, red. weft: Cotton(?), Z twist, natural. Bast, natural. SECONDARY MATERIALS: Silk thread, tripled, red, dark blue, yellow, green, medium blue. Gold or copper metallic thread, S wrapped on 2 ply S twist yellow silk core. Main structure of both warp and weft is alternate rows of very light and somewhat heavier thread; 8-12 of the very light (bast fiber) followed by 6-12 of the heavier (probably bast, possibly cotton). 5 cm selvedge bands are red silk warps. At each end are 5 rows of supplementary weft 8 point stars and diamonds, each row is separated by a row of sequins. The next 13 cm consist of red and metallic stripes bordering a 7.5 cm red silk supplementary weft pattern of large diamonds. In this section all wefts are of the very thin variety. Next are more rows of supplementary weft diamonds, 8 point stars and H figures. No pattern on the central 78 cm of the textile. There are 15 rows of sequins on each end, 14-20 per row. Fringe of plied warps, knotted with wisps of silk at end (red, orange, light blue, dark blue, purple, yellow).
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft9f59p30 q

Textile; salendang; shoulder cloth. Indonesia