NGA Home | Introduction | Maps | Search | Donors | Glossary
  | Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
Click to enlarge
India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom in three sections featuring mamuli motif
16th-17th century Gujarat India
handspun cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant block printing, batik
365.0 (h) x 92.5 (w) cm
Conserved with the assistance of Isobel Williams; Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1989
NGA 1989.1333
< BACK