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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[sembagi]
featuring eight-pointed blossom star motifs
18th century Coromandel coast India
handspun cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant painting, pigment painting, batik
252.0 (h) x 119.5 (w) cm
Conserved with the assistance of Mrs Joan Kitchin
NGA 1989.1864
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