Ceremonial Skirt

late 19th century

Sumatran

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About the Artwork

Bands of embroidery divide this garment into four parts, each with the same design—a chief, with raised arms, stands on a platform in a boat. Rather than floating on water, this boat moves across land on small wheels. The textile depicts an important ceremonial procession that takes place over eight days and nights. Attendees present gifts of cloth like this one in honor of their ancestors.

Title Ceremonial Skirt

Artwork Date late 19th century

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Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Silk embroidered and cotton warp ikat

Dimensions Overall: 46 1/4 × 50 1/4 inches (117.5 × 127.6 cm)

Classification Textiles

Department Asian Art

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 81.717

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Provenance

Robert J. Holmgren (New York, New York, USA) and Anita E. Spertus

1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Rites of Passage. Mingei International Museum of Folk Art. San Diego, 1979.

"A Red Ikat Tapis: Ships and the Lands Beyond," Bulletin of the DIA 68, no. 3. 1994.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Sumatran, Ceremonial Skirt, late 19th century, silk embroidered and cotton warp ikat. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 81.717.