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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[mawa or ma'a]
Kalamkari (south India)
early 18th century Coromandel coast India
cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant painting, batik
225.5 (h) x 136.0 (w) cm
Purchased 1984
NGA 1984.1093
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