Skirt
2015-12-3
From: Indonesia | Sumatra | Samosir Island | Ambarita
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2015-12-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Sumatra | Samosir Island | Ambarita |
| Date Made | est. 1960 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cotton | Metallic Thread |
| Description | Skirt (sarong). Two loom widths. Red cotton, with supplementary weft patterning in metallic (gold) thread. Bold pattern of six "bow-ties" down the center, with arrays of small rosettes in grids at sides. Unpatterned top (waistband). Said to be a woman's marriage sarong (suji), but more likely a good quality man's sarong (Gittinger). |
| Length | 106.68 cm |
| Width | 81.28 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of David W. and Barbara G. Fraser, 2015 |
| Other Number | 88-14 - Collector Number |
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