Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; belt. Indonesia

Collection: 
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place: 
Bali?
Creation Place: 
Indonesia
Title: 
Textile; belt. Indonesia
Date: 
Collected 1930s
Materials: 
handwoven
Materials: 
supplementary weft
Materials: 
"songket"
Materials: 
silk?
Materials: 
cotton
Materials: 
metallic thread
Materials: 
fabric
Dimensions: 
111.5 cm by 7.0 cm
Current Location: 
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address: 
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID: 
UCLA FMCH X74.362
Subject: 
- handwoven supplementary weft "songket" silk? cotton 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: Belt woven in the "songket" technique, or supplementary weft with metallic thread. Probably from Bali. Probably used for ceremonial dress or as part of a dance/drama costume.
Collection Description: 
METS ID: 
ark:/13030/ft3j49n894