Tube Skirt
84-25-19
From: Sumatra | West Sumatra | Koto Gadang
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-25-19 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minangkebau |
| Provenience | Sumatra | West Sumatra | Koto Gadang |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Metal |
| Description | Tube skirt (sarung). Dark purple fabric with red stripes throughout and lighter purple at one end. Strip of maroon fabric along bottom and strip of orange and green pnrinted fabric along top. All except top strip covered with silver and gold woven geometric patterns including sayik galamai (ceremonial cake and weaving motif), kaluak paku (fern tendril motif) and pucuak rebung (bamboo sprout motif). |
| Length | 131 cm |
| Width | 101 cm |
| Credit Line | West Sumatra Expedition; Peggy R. Sanday, 1984 |
| Other Number | Reg. 410 - Other Number |
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