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India
Collected Palembang, south Sumatra
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom
[kain sembagi]
late 18th-early 19th century Madras India
cotton, natural dyes, mordants
mordant block printing, batik, pigment painting
260.0 (h) x 110.0 (w) cm
Purchased 1984
NGA 1984.1996
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