Tapis Woman's Initiation Skirt
Indonesia
- Savvy Price $1,100.00
- Gallery Price $1,500.00
- Title
- Tapis Woman's Initiation Skirt
- Artist
- Indonesia
- Medium
- Cotton, metallic-wrapped yarns, mirrors, sequins, trade cloth, couching, brocade
- Size
- 47" height X 45" width
- Date of creation
- Early 20th century
- Condition
- Excellent to very good. A few mirrors are missing and somewhat more sequins have escaped.
- Design
- Abung people, Lampung
- Provenance
- Consigned by RM
- About The Tapis Woman's Initiation Skirt
A nurse took care of an Indonesian patient, who then gifted this skirt to the nurse. The nurse upon learning that she was headed for assisted living with no known relatives, gifted the skirt to a special friend. Although the special friend admired the handsome textile, it seemed to be more appropriately maintained by a collector who would have a greater understanding of the textile's context. And now is currently offered by www.SavvyCollector.com . . .
Five Centuries of Indonesian Textiles was just published by the incomparable Santa Fe textile dealer Mary Kahlenberg.
- About Indonesia
- Produced on the islands of Indonesia numbering in excess of 13,000, the textiles of Indonesia are extremely varied. Often these cultural artifacts are a reflection of an island's specific beliefs and traditions.
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