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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[patola]
featuring a three flower design [tran ful bhat]
18th century Gujarat India
handspun silk, natural dyes
double ikat
537.0 (h) x 94.0 (w) cm
Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1988
NGA 1988.1595
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