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Skirt Cloth (songket balapak) by Minangkabau — VisualArtsDB

Skirt Cloth (songket balapak)

Skirt Cloth (songket balapak)

1950–2000

Medium: Cotton and rayon, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions: 149.2 × 95.6 cm (58 3/4 × 37 5/8 in.)
Genre: textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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cotton (textile)gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton21st CenturyrayonindonesiandyeTextileweavingplain weaving

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