Skirt, Woman's, "Tapis"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1992
label: Collection Date
content: Early 1980's
name: label: Collector
content: Michael Wendorf
label: Donor Name
content: Michael Wendorf
notes: label: Notes
content: CONSTRUCTED OF TWO PIECES OF EMBROIDERED COTTON CLOTH, STITCHED TOGETHER, THEN FOLDED AND STITCHED ALONG ONE SIDE TO FORM A TUBE SHAPE. FABRIC DESIGN OF HORIZONTAL ALTERNATING BANDS IN RED, BROWN, ORANGE, AND BLACK, OVERLAID WITH GOLD EMBROIDERY IN VARIOUS GEOMETRIC PATTERNS. RED SILK THREAD ADDED TO OUTLINESOME OF THE GOLD EMBROIDERY. ACCORDING TO PAUL TAYLOR, CURATOR OF ASIAN ETHNO- LOGY, DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, THE SKIRT IS A DRESS SARONG WHICH WAS WORN ONLY ON CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS. IT WAS MADE FOR USE AND HAD BEEN USED WHEN COLLECTED. REF.: BEYOND THE JAVA SEA, PP. 138-43.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Lampungese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390899
label: USNM Number
content: E425887-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 106 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 57 cm