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Aceh Gayo, 1944-1954

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Shirt

Aceh Gayo, 1944-1954

Physical Qualities Cotton ground, cotton embroidery threads, 20 1/8 x 48 in. (51.1 x 121.9 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Frandy Garrett, Jakarta, Indonesia
Object Number 2006.80
A lightweight unfitted black cotton shirt with an attached stand-up collar (1-1/2" high), set in yoke, front slit opening, and tapering sleeves. The shirt is machine pieced and hemmed. The sleeves are added to the straight sides of the shirt body with only slight shaping in the cut and a gusset inserted under each arm to allow for movement. The sides are also very slightly shaped. The shirt is ornamented at the neck, sleeves, shoulders upper back and upper front in floral and compass designs machine embroidered in white, green, yellow, and bright red threads.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2006; Frandy Garrett, Jakarta, Indonesia

Maker

Unknown

2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

Culture

Aceh Gayo

2000–2000

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