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A work made of silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and silver-leaf-on-adhesive-on-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and bands of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave.

Skirt Cloth (kain bidak)

Early 20th century

Indonesia, South Sumatra, Pasemah or North Lampung area

Indonesia

Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and silver-leaf-on-adhesive-on-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and bands of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave

Textiles