Identifier
IM.284-1921
Acquisition
Given by Sir M.E. Sadler C.B., K.C.S.I. through the National Art Collections Fund
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
223.52000427246094 cm (length)
60.959999084472656 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Man's belt ikat woven with a silk weft and cotton warp. The cotton warp is red and the silk weft is dyed white, blue or red. The central design is formed by repetitions of a roughly diamond-shaped compartment with a rosette at each angle and a 12-armed floral star in the middle. Down each side runs a band of stalactite-like ornament. Man's belt ikat woven with silk and cotton, Bali, Indonesia, 19th century.