Tube Skirt

2018-8-1

From: Borneo | Sarawak | Second Division, Sarawak

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Bidang
Object Number 2018-8-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iban
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak | Second Division, Sarawak
Section Oceanian
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton tube skirt (bidang). Iban people, Sarawak. Ikat patterned with natural dyes. Broad dark brown bands top and bottom. Fourteen narrow horizontal bands of interlocking scroll-ended figures (meandering bamboo motif?).

Length 59 cm
Width 59.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Adria H. Katz, 2018

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