Skirt

88-1-5

From: Borneo | Sarawak | Second Division, Sarawak | Betong

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Bidang
Object Number 88-1-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iban
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak | Second Division, Sarawak | Betong
Section Oceanian
Materials Cotton
Description

Tube skirt (bidang). Cotton. Broad central panel red, with overall supplementary weft (sungkit) design in dark blue and natural: paired scrolls forming large diamond shapes. Tube has been unsewn and opened out. Damaged on one edge: about 10. cm. of border missing.

Length 94 cm
Width 42.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Thian Seng, 1988
Other Number 13 - Other Number

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