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Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang)

19th century
Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of interlocking tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton in laidwork and paper padded couching; embellished with gold-colored-metal spangles; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gilt-metal strip; plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and gilt-metal coil fringe
387.4 × 7.6 cm (152.5 × 3 in)

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