Product Description

Antique Sumatran Jacket 4

Material: Cotton, embroidery
Style: Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
Size:  Height 41 cm, Width 36 cm
Order Number: MHSASJ4

This is a hand-embroidered woman’s blouse called a baju mesirat made by the Alas people of Aceh. The name for the pattern is sirat, which means to write. The colours are black, red, yellow and white.

It is embroidered front and back with bands of geometric motifs which is typical of Islamic patterns. Aceh is strongly Muslim.

The vest is in good condition.

There is an example from the Australian National Gallery in Textiles of Southeast Asia, Tradition, Trade and Transformation, Robyn Maxwell, Periplus Editions, 2003, page 404.

19th – early 20th century.

Map of Aceh.

Please ask for the price (or make an offer).