Woman's tangkulak, or ceremonial headdress, with linked octagons and stars

Details

• Title

  Woman's tangkulak, or ceremonial headdress, with linked octagons and stars

• Associated people

  Christian Rohlfs (1849 - 1938) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › South-east Asia › Indonesia › Sumatra (Minangkabau) (place of creation)

• Date

  20th century (1901 - 2000)

• Material and technique

  silk, dyed red, woven with continuous gold-wrapped thread supplementary weft; fringe of twisted warp threads

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  dyed;

  woven › supplementary weft woven;

  twisted

• Object type

  clothing › head-gear › head-dress;

  textile;

  religious/ritual equipment › ceremonial equipment

• Dimensions

  212 x 62 cm (warp x weft)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Suzanne Vogt, 2000.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2000.12

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