Tapis Kaca Bekandang (Fenced Mirror Tapis)
Unknown Sumatran, Sumatran
19th century
Silk and cotton with sequins, glass beads, felted wool, lead-backed mirrors, gold and silver thread, and silver coins
Overall: 41 5/16 × 45 11/16 in. (105 × 116 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Stephen A. Lister, Class of 1963
2009.98.7
Geography
Place Made: Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Textile
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
سڤرسڤوله روڤيه ꦱ ꦥ ꦫ ꦱ ꦥꦸ ꦭꦸꦃ ꦫꦸ ꦥꦶ ꦪꦃ꧈
Exhibition History
Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries and Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 11-August 31, 2009.
Publication History
Mary-Louise Totton, Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009, contents page, p. 32, p. 107, plate 10, ill.
Provenance
Stephen A. Lister, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to present collection, 2009.
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