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				Collected Palembang, south Sumatra 
			
		
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			Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom  
[kain sembagi]
			
			
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		17th-18th century
		
		
		Coromandel coast
		India
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| cotton, natural dyes, mordants, gold leaf |  
| mordant block printing, gold-leaf gluework [prada], painting, batik |  
		
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			263.5 (h)
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| Purchased 1981 |  
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			NGA 1981.1165
			
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