Title
Tube skirt, C-39
Year/Period
19th century
Region
Lampung, South Sumatra
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 109.8 x 62.5 cm
Accession No.
2013-00496
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the Caddys in memory of M Daly Adjas
In Southeast Asia, high quality, hand-woven textiles were long considered a distinct form of wealth. Unlike commercial textiles which were usually made in workshops by men, hand-woven, individually made and decorated cloths were made by women and were spiritually charged.
