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Man's shoulder cloth (slendang, selendang)

Indonesian (Endeh)
Dutch colonial rule
1900–05
Object Place: Flores, Indonesia

Medium/Technique Cotton, natural dyes; warp-faced plain weave, warp yarn resist-dyed (ikat)
Dimensions Overall: 61.5 x 154 cm (24 3/16 x 60 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number27.470
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionReddish-brown (kombu), black and natural ecru rectangular cotton cloth with warp fringe at each end. The primary design elements, created by the warp ikat technique, is an overall central field of a stylized repeating floral grid inspired by Indian patola designs and a terminal band interlocking triangles (tumpal) at each end. The piece is made up of two lengths hand stitched together.
ProvenancePurchased by MFA on September 8, 1927