Belt
84-25-9
From: Sumatra | West Sumatra | Pitalah
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-25-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minangkebau |
| Provenience | Sumatra | West Sumatra | Pitalah |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Description | Belt (ikat pinggnag). Folded into three parts, with fringe (some fringe torn off). Red fabric with green, yellow, brown and gold woven bands at one end. Patterns include biku-biku, ular, grang, hiasan rumah, (house decoration), ular garang, itiak pulang petang, kulit ular (snake's skin) and kaluak paku. Braided red, green, yellow and white fringe with rounded tassels. Some fringe missing. |
| Length | 120 cm |
| Width | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | West Sumatra Expedition; Peggy R. Sanday, 1984 |
| Other Number | 2 - Other Number | Reg. 399 - Other Number |
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