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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Object numberS1968-0015-001-0 TitleSelendang (women's shoulder wrap), known as kain songkat - C DescriptionWomen wear shoulder or head wrappers which are richly woven in silk and matallic yarn known as supplementary wefts. The cloth is predominantly red with a centre-field of finely patterned plaid. It is bordered transversely by a row of tumpal (triangular motifs representing the bamboo shoot) in supplementary-weft weave. Production placePalembang, South Sumatra, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, Indonesia Production date 1800 - 1999 Production periodLate 19th - Early 20th Century Object categoryClothing/Accessories, Textile MaterialSilk, Textile, Metallic Yarn, Thread, Dye TechniqueSupplementary Weft Dimensions Length: 270 cm Width: 107.5 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Object numberS1968-0015-001-0

TitleSelendang (women's shoulder wrap), known as kain songkat - C

DescriptionWomen wear shoulder or head wrappers which are richly woven in silk and matallic yarn known as supplementary wefts. The cloth is predominantly red with a centre-field of finely patterned plaid. It is bordered transversely by a row of tumpal (triangular motifs representing the bamboo shoot) in supplementary-weft weave.

Production placePalembang, South Sumatra, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, Indonesia

Production date 1800 - 1999

Production periodLate 19th - Early 20th Century

Object categoryClothing/Accessories, Textile

MaterialSilk, Textile, Metallic Yarn, Thread, Dye

TechniqueSupplementary Weft

Dimensions

Length: 270 cm
Width: 107.5 cm

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