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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[patola]
Patola with basket design [chhabadi bhat] with eight pointed blossom bud-star motifs
18th century Gujarat India
handspun silk, gold thread, natural dyes
double ikat
462.0 (h) x 104.0 (w) cm
Purchased 1981
NGA 1981.1140
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