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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[mawa or ma'a]
17th century Coromandel coast India
handspun cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant painting, batik, pigment painting
193.0 (h) x 132.0 (w) cm
Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1990
NGA 1990.1281
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