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Shoulder or Head Cloth (selendang)

Minangkabau people, Indonesia, West Sumatra, Tanjung Sungayang area · 19th century · 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

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

Subjects

weaving silk (fiber)plain weaving indonesian paper (fiber product)textile knotting brocading cotton (fiber)gold leaf

Credit lineShoulder or Head Cloth (selendang). 19th century. Minangkabau people, Indonesia, West Sumatra, Tanjung Sungayang area. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection. CC0.

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