Textile Item Number: 2960/35 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long narrow cloth with numerous coins attached at the bottom. Cloth is a light yellow-brown colour, with horizontal stripes dyed in black, green, yellow, blue, green and red on its lower portion. Beneath these are coins attached to thread, dangling from the bottom of the textile, 53 in all. Each coin is round with a square hole in the centre through which the thread is attached. The coins have Chinese(?) characters imprinted on them.
History Of Use
Used as a door curtain.
Item History
- Made in Bali, Indonesia between 1950 and 1980
- Collected during 1987
- Owned by Robert Cazelais and Nicole Lachapelle before April 24, 2012
- Received from Robert Cazelais (Donor) on April 24, 2012
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- 2960/35
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre, metal and dye
- Overall
- height 66.0 cm, width 170.0 cm, depth 0.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Balinese
- Previous Owner
- Robert Cazelais and Nicole Lachapelle
- Received from
- Robert Cazelais (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Bali, Indonesia
When
- Creation Date
- between 1950 and 1980
- Collection Date
- during 1987
- Ownership Date
- before April 24, 2012
- Acquisition Date
- on April 24, 2012
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2960/0035