Skirt Item Number: 2787/10 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Ceremonial women's wrap skirt. The two panels of hand dyed purple silk, hand-loomed with a discontinuous warp, are stitched together at a horizontal seam that runs across the middle of the skirt. The continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft of silver thread creates a band of triangular temple-like motifs along the bottom and one side edge of the skirt and several lines of silver stars within the body of the fabric.
Specific Techniques
Songket weaving; hand loomed on a back-strap loom; women weave and dye in central and south Sulawesi.
Item History
- Made in Towale, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Owned by Mieneke Mees before February 23, 2010
- Received from Mieneke Mees (Donor) on February 23, 2010
What
- Name
- Skirt
- Identification Number
- 2787/10
- Type of Item
- skirt
- Material
- silk fibre, cotton fibre, natural dye and silver metal
- Overall
- height 99.5 cm, width 180.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Indonesian
- Previous Owner
- Mieneke Mees
- Received from
- Mieneke Mees (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Towale, Sulawesi, Indonesia
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 23, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on February 23, 2010
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2787/0010