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Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[palampore]
mid 18th century Coromandel coast India
handspun cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant painting, dyeing
with borders 319.0 (h) x 260.0 (w) cm
without borders 236.5 (h) x 197.5 (w) cm
Conserved with the assistance of Perri Cutten
NGA 1988.1646
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