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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[mawa or ma'a]
1500 Gujarat India
cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant painting, batik
102.0 (h) x 534.0 (w) cm
Conserved in loving memory of Edwin D. Alcott; Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1989
NGA 1989.1329
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