Ceremonial Waist Sashes (ikak pinggang)

Minangkabau

19th century

Ceremonial Waist Sashes (ikak pinggang) by Minangkabau

Medium

Cotton and silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, weft-faced, warp ribbed plain weave, and slit tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; with hammered white metal fitting and fringe of chain and cut, hammered end pieces

Dimensions

318.8 × 7 cm (125 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Department

Textiles

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

180291

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