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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[sembagi]
Late 18th century Coromandel coast India
handspun cotton, natural dyes (indigo), mordants
batik, mordant block printing
717.0 (h) x 102.0 (w) cm
Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1988
NGA 1988.1600
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