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Shoulder or Head Cloth (selendang)

Minangkabau

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Silk, cotton, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, plied main warp fringe terminating in knotted silk, cut tassels
Culture:
Sumatra
Dimensions:
971 × 2250 px
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