Indonesia, Sumatra, Batak

Shoulder Cloth (Ragidup)

19th century

Three panels joined: side panels: cotton, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; center panel: Cotton, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with discontinuous warp substitution and supplementary patterning wefts; and ends: (warp of all panels) groups of five warps are plied and replied with adjacent group and interlaced in weft-faced warp ribbed weft twining; main warp fringe; six selvages present CIETA: toile, lancé

217.2 × 85.9 cm (85.5 × 33.8 in)