Shoulder or Head Cloth (selendang)

Minangkabau people Indonesia, West Sumatra, Tanjung Sungayang area →

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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

Dimensions

166.4 × 71.8 cm (65 1/2 × 30 3/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection

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