sarong; Sumatran, Minangkabu, wedding songket (sarong); teal green, with wine and yellow decorative woven bands throughout. brocade woven panel in gold with floral motif, plus geometric brocade woven band in gold thread along one selvage. panel is (37cm x 76.5cm); border (7.5cm)
Donor:
Robert J. Kimball
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Indonesia, Sumatra, Minangkabau
Culture or time period:
Minangkabau
Collector:
Robert J. Kimball
Materials:
Gold (metal) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarongs
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1988
Context of use:
wedding clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 196 centimeters and width 101.3 centimeters