Ceremonial Cloth Item Number: 2787/28 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Ceremonial skirt cloth (saput). Long maroon coloured cloth, hand woven on a back strap loom with discontinuous warp. The natural dyed silk is single sided and weft faced. Alternating rows of hand wrapped gold and silver thread designs decorate the central panel, framed within a gold border.
Specific Techniques
Natural dyes: red is morinda citrifolia, blue is indigo. Songket: supplementary weft, gold and silver; endek (ikat, weft) tie-dye resist technique; weft faced, single-sided; hand-wrapped gold and silver threads.
Item History
- Made in Bali, Indonesia
- Owned by Mieneke Mees before February 23, 2010
- Received from Mieneke Mees (Donor) on February 23, 2010
What
- Name
- Ceremonial Cloth
- Identification Number
- 2787/28
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- silk fibre, natural dye, gold metal, silver metal and cotton fibre ?
- Overall
- height 496.5 cm, width 78.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Balinese
- Previous Owner
- Mieneke Mees
- Received from
- Mieneke Mees (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Bali, Indonesia
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 23, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on February 23, 2010
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2787/0028