Textile

Museum number:
18-1062
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3267
Description:
Textile fragment; red ground (said to be blood) with straw-colored geometric designs; edges are tan and indigo; plainweave cotton (?); warp and weft ikat (double ikat). Textile fragment said to be 250 years old by dealer (Gagoeron Antiques and Primitif, Tenganan). Only two families in this village still make these double ikats. Length 1.07 m. Width 40 cm.
Donor:
Bernard G. Saunders and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 18-1062, described as Textile fragment; red ground (said to be blood) with straw-colored geometric designs; edges are tan and indigo; plainweave cotton (?); warp and weft ikat (double ikat). Textile fragment said to be 250 years old by dealer (Gagoeron Antiques and Primitif, Tenganan). Only two families in this village still make these double ikats. Length 1.07 m. Width 40 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 18-1062, described as Textile fragment; red ground (said to be blood) with straw-colored geometric designs; edges are tan and indigo; plainweave cotton (?); warp and weft ikat (double ikat). Textile fragment said to be 250 years old by dealer (Gagoeron Antiques and Primitif, Tenganan). Only two families in this village still make these double ikats. Length 1.07 m. Width 40 cm.

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