Collection
Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
- Title
- Woman’s jacket
- Place of origin
-
Lampung →
Sumatra →
Indonesia
- Cultural origin
- Kauer people
- Year
- 20th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- homespun and machine loomed cotton, cowrie shells, and mirrors
- Dimensions
-
28.8 x 141.6cm (irreg.)
- Credit
- Gift of John Yu, in memory of George Soutter 2012
- Accession number
- 77.2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Young unmarried women wear such jackets with tapis skirts. These clothes are their festival clothes, and women used to weave them in preparation for their weddings. This jacket is decorated with running stitch embroidery and mirrors on the front, and supplementary weft weaving on the back. Both sides are embellished with shaped cowrie shells. The jacket is lined with plain cotton.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, February 2012.
