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Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Section of a ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[mawa or ma'a]
late 18th-early 19th century Coromandel coast India
cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant painting, batik
100.0 (h) x 251.0 (w) cm
Purchased 1980
NGA 1980.1636
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