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Malay people
Ceremonial skirt cloth
[kain kerlip]
19th century Pontianak West Kalimantan Kalimantan Indonesia
silk, sequins, gold thread
embroidery, applique, dip-dyeing
100.2 (h) x 185.3 (w) cm
Conserved with the assistance of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE Acquired through gift and purchase from the Collection of Robert J. Holmgren and Anita Spertus, New York, 2000
NGA 2000.780
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