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Woman's head cloth or shoulder cloth (tengkuluak or kain sandang, selendang)
Indonesian (West Sumatran, Minangkebau)
Dutch colonial rule
19th century
Object Place: West Sumatra, Minangkabau people, Pariangan/Batipuah, Indonesia
Medium/Technique
Silk, metallic gold paper-wrapped silk thread, natural dyes; plain-weave ground, discontinuous supplementary weft patterning in gold and silk
Dimensions
Overall: 264 x 78 cm (103 15/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Clifford Smith
Accession Number38.82
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRectangular dark violet-red silk ground cloth with crosswise bands of alternating geometric motifs created by supplemental weft threads in gold and silk. The piece is made up of two lengths hand stitched together down the center and has narrow hand stitched hems on each crosswise end.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Clifford Smith to the MFA on April 14, 1938