Skirt

Museum number:
18-379
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2028
Description:
Red cotton skirt with painted gilt floral decorations (Wastra). Width 52 inches. 8- 367 - 379 comprise young girl’s festival and “Legong” dance costume; see photocopy of page from Covarrubias, “Island of Bali.”
Donor:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 18-379, described as Red cotton skirt with painted gilt floral decorations (Wastra). Width 52 inches. 8- 367 - 379 comprise young girl’s festival and “Legong” dance costume; see photocopy of page from Covarrubias, “Island of Bali.”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 18-379, described as Red cotton skirt with painted gilt floral decorations (Wastra). Width 52 inches. 8- 367 - 379 comprise young girl’s festival and “Legong” dance costume; see photocopy of page from Covarrubias, “Island of Bali.”

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