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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[patola]
Patola with flower design [ful vali bhat] featuring three-flower design [tran ful bhat]
17th-18th century Gujarat India
silk, natural dyes, metallic thread
double ikat
262.0 (h) x 115.0 (w) cm
Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1991
NGA 1991.623
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