Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)

Paminggir (Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area)

18th century (?)

Medium
Five panels joined: three panels of stripes of silk and cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave (paired warps), stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and one stripe of cotton, plain…
Classification
Costume and Accessories
Dimensions
138.6 × 121.8 cm (54 1/2 × 47 7/8 in.)
Culture
Indonesia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
Credit line
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago