Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Bengkulu
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Kauer
Creation Place:
Sumatra
Title:
Textile; tapis; woman's sarong. Indonesia
Date:
Collected 1969
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
embroidered
Materials:
appliqued
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
mirror
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
133.0 cm by 64.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X70.109
Subject:
- handwoven embroidered appliqued cotton mirror 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: A single panel of cloth, presumably a fragment of a "tapis" or woman's sarong. To make a complete "tapis", two such panels would be sewn together selvage to selvage, then sewn closed at the ends to form a tube sarong. Striped handwoven cotton, decorated with embroidery and appliqued mirror pieces. This cloth was purchesed in the Netherlands by George Ellis in 1969. The tag which accompanied the cloth at time of purchase read: "Z. Sumatra / Benkoelen / Kaoer" [= South Sumatra / Bengkulu / Kauer]. The Kauer people inhabit the southern coast of Bengkulu Province. The use of appliqued mirror pieces, known locally as "cermuk" is consistant with the assignation to the Kauer people [Gittinger 1979:84]. BIBLIOGAPHY: Gittinger, Mattiebelle. 1979. SPLENDID SYMBOLS: TEXTILES AND TRADITIONS IN INDONESIA. Washington D.C., The Textile Museum.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
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Textile; tapis; woman's sarong. Indonesia