India 
			
				Collected Palembang, south Sumatra 
			
		
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			Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom  
[mawa or ma'a]
			 Palampore
			
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		early-mid 18th century
		
		
		Coromandel coast
		India
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| handspun cotton, natural dyes, natural mordants | 
| mordant painting, hand-drawn batik | 
		
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			223.0 (h)
			 x 175.0 (w)
			
			cm
			
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| Gift of Mary and Michael Abbott 1987 | 
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			NGA 1987.1074
			
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