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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[sembagi]
with scrolling floral pattern and eight-pointed blossom motifs
late 18th-early 19th century Coromandel coast India
handspun cotton, natural dyes, mordants
batik, mordant painting
391.0 (h) x 124.0 (w) cm
Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1988
NGA 1988.1617
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