Songket

Museum number:
18-385
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2170
Description:
âSongketâ (unfinished); red cotton with star-like design in silver thread brocade. Worn ceremonially by women. 61.5 x 372 cm
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Songket, accession number 18-385, described as âSongketâ (unfinished); red cotton with star-like design in silver thread brocade. Worn ceremonially by women. 61.5 x 372 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Songket, accession number 18-385, described as âSongketâ (unfinished); red cotton with star-like design in silver thread brocade. Worn ceremonially by women. 61.5 x 372 cm

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