Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang)

Minangkabau people

Date
19th century
Medium
Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton; in bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton and gilt-metal strip, plain weave with supplementary wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and silvered-metal coil fringe
Culture
Sumatra
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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Object type
AAT300312158

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