Woman's skirt, kain kebat, sewn together from a length of tabby-woven, cotton textile. The skirt is decorated with a central band of warp ikat framed by multicoloured borders. The waistband consists of red, tabby-woven cotton which has been sewn onto the selvedge. The central band is decorated predominantly in 2 shades of red, and cream with a few light blue accents. The outer bands closest to the panel alternate between blue and white striped, and narrower single colour bands in red, green, yellow, blue and white. The first sequence contains an ikat band of diagonals.The striped bands are woven using complementary warp. In the outer sequences the single coloured bands become wider, and finally replace the striped bands completely.
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