Tube Skirt
2018-8-2
From: Borneo | Sarawak | Second Division, Sarawak
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Bidang |
| Object Number | 2018-8-2 |
| 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. Blue-black bands top and bottom, then broad bands made up of multicolor narrow stripes (some including commercial red and yellow dyed threads). Center field ikat patterned with soft red-brown natural dye: complex motifs involving lozenges and multiple scrolls/tendrils. Line of 21 single scrolls at one end of fabric, along line of stitching. |
| Length | 57.5 cm |
| Width | 61.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Adria H. Katz, 2018 |
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