songket

traditional Malay woven fabric figured with colored or metallic supplemental wefts, originally from Malay region
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songket

Summary

songket is a textile[1]. songket draws 117 Wikipedia views per month (textile category, ranking #4 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • songket's image is recorded as Aesan Gede Songket Palembang.jpg[3].
  • songket's image is recorded as Songket-weefster op Sumatra's Westkust KITLV 84856.tiff[4].
  • songket's image is recorded as Minangkabau vrouw in songket op Sumatra 's Westkust, KITLV 1401947.tiff[5].
  • songket's image is recorded as KITLV - 10836 - Kurkdjian - Soerabaja - Female songket weaver from Surabaya at the pasar malam in Surabaya - 1905-1906.tif[6].
  • songket's image is recorded as KITLV A1120 - Twee vrouwen in songket, vermoedelijk op Sumatra 's Westkust, KITLV 155491.tiff[7].
  • songket's image is recorded as KITLV - 94274 - Demmeni, J. - Minangkabau women in songket attire on Sumatra's west coast - circa 1915.tif[8].
  • songket's image is recorded as Songket-weefster te Ngampel bij Soerabaja, KITLV 5698.tiff[9].
  • songket's image is recorded as Doek Kain songket, AK-MAK-1742-98.jpg[10].
  • songket's image is recorded as Songket, Woven on backstrap and Joined 170 X 88cm 20121207 4.JPG[11].
  • songket's image is recorded as Tenunan songket khas Minangkabau.jpg[12].
  • songket's image is recorded as Tempeldoek Kain songket, AK-MAK-1742-7.jpg[13].
  • songket's image is recorded as Siriah gadang songket.jpg[14].
  • songket's image is recorded as Songket sarong, metallic thread on silk Singaraja, 1920s, detail.jpg[15].
  • songket's image is recorded as Sarong (kain Songket) (Indonesia), early 19th century (CH 18345561).jpg[16].
  • songket's image is recorded as Traditional sasak weaving.jpg[17].
  • songket's image is recorded as Minangkabau vrouw op Sumatra's Westkust KITLV 84255.tiff[18].
  • songket's image is recorded as COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Zijden schouderdoek met gouddraadversiering TMnr 5957-9.jpg[19].
  • songket's image is recorded as KITLV - 37393 - Demmeni, J. - Tulp, De - Haarlem - Newlyweds in Minangkabau costume at Tilatang on Sumatra's west coast - 1911.tif[20].
  • songket's image is recorded as Bamboofabric.png[21].
  • songket's image is recorded as KITLV A1120 - Twee vrouwen in songket, vermoedelijk op Sumatra 's Westkust, KITLV 155505.tiff[22].
  • songket's image is recorded as COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Zijden doek voor vrouwen TMnr 5957-10.jpg[23].
  • songket's image is recorded as KITLV A1120 - Drie vrouwen in songket, vermoedelijk op Sumatra's Westkust.tif[24].
  • songket's image is recorded as COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Minangkabau hoofd in adatkleding TMnr 10004926.jpg[25].
  • songket's image is recorded as Minangkabau vrouwen in vol ornaat te Padangpandjang, KITLV 182255.tiff[26].
  • songket's image is recorded as Heupdoek Kain songket, saput, AK-MAK-1742-12.jpg[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include textile[28] and intangible cultural heritage[29].

Why It Matters

songket draws 117 Wikipedia views per month (textile category, ranking #4 of 21).[2] songket has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] songket is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . rijksmuseum.nl. rijksmuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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