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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[mawa or ma'a]
17th-18th century Gujarat India
cotton, natural dyes, natural mordants
mordant block printing, pigment painting, batik
418.0 (h) x 91.5 (w) cm
Purchased 1983
NGA 1983.3686
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