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Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[basta]
late 18th-early 19th century Rajasthan India
handspun cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant painting, mordant block printing
83.0 (h) x 665.5 (w) cm
Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1988
NGA 1988.1597
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