A work made of cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe.

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)

c. 1900

Paminggir people Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area

Indonesia

Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe

Textiles