Ceremonial cloth
Physical description
Ceremonial cloth in of songket brocade. Warp is red cotton, weft is purple silk, and the continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft is gold wrapped cotton thread. The centre motif of a traditional adat house is flanked by four karabau, or buffalo heads. The framing border of alternating gold filled squares and purple squares with crosses is thicker at the corners.
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Date Acquired
23 Feb 2010
How Acquired
Donated
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Measurements
Overall: 95 cm x 112 cm
Object Number
2787/9