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Sumatran Wedding Skirts, Slippers and Pectorals

Posted by Susi Johnston on August 19, 2011 at 4:54pm

The skirts from Lampung in south Sumatra are embellished with gold-wrapped thread, the slippers (Ottoman echoes) are from the central-East coast, and the pectoral is from Palembang in the South of Sumatra. Slippers 19th century, skirts and multi-tier pectoral first half 20th century.

Lampung, Ottoman, Palembang, Riau, Sumatra, Textile, Turkish, gold, repousse, shoes, slippers

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