Abstract
A study of West Sumatran textiles embellished with metal-wrapped weft yarns sampled textiles woven in 14 weaving centers of the highlands. The two general categories to which the textiles belonged were textiles that had threads with metal wires or strips wound around the fiber core and textiles that had threads with the metallic surface applied with adhesive to a cellulosic wrapping wound around the fiber core. Optical microscopy demonstrated significant differences in the construction of the threads. Among the properties described were the fiber type, color, and twist of the core, the thread diameter in microns, the outer surface appearance, the wrapping width, the substrate adhesive color, and the wrapping twist. Elemental analysis of the metal threads measured types and/or ratios of the metals present in the wrapping exterior surface, interior surface, and core.
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