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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sumatra
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Indonesia
- Date
- 20th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- silk and gold thread; continuous supplementary weft weave
- Dimensions
- 99.5 x 174.3 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Alex Biancardi 2000
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 250.2000
- Copyright
- © Copyright reserved
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About
This fine silk reversible skirtcloth has a central field design of inward pointing triangles (bamboo shoot motif) surrounded by curling arabesques. The end sections are woven in a bold pattern of stylised flowers contained within lozenge shaped motifs.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, August 2000
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Mattiebelle Gittinger, Splendid symbols: textiles and tradition in Indonesia, Singapore, 1990.
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Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, Textile traditions of Indonesia, Los Angeles, 1977.
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Robyn Maxwell, Textiles of Southeast Asia : tradition, trade and transformation, Canberra, 1990.
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