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Woman's ceremonial shoulder or breast cloth (geringsing, geringsing wayang kebo, selendang or anteng)
Indonesian (Balinese)
Dutch colonial rule
late 19th or early 20th century
Object Place: Tenganan, Bali, Indonesia
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain-weave, natural dyes, warp and weft yarn resist-dyed (double ikat, geringsing)
Dimensions
Overall: 59 × 254.6 cm (23 1/4 × 100 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLong, rectangular cotton cloth with twisted crosswise fringe on each end; main design elements, created by double ikat technique, consist of seated, stylized human figures arranged around a central star-shaped temple motif in reddish-brown (mengkudu) and natural ecru on a dark blue (indigo) ground.
Geringsing cloth is considered one of the most important ceremonial textiles in Bali, representing the concept of territorial, bodily and spiritual purity. Geringsing wayang, which features figures from classic literature and theater, is particularly revered as a ritual cloth made originally only for the courts of Bali and East Java.
Geringsing cloth is considered one of the most important ceremonial textiles in Bali, representing the concept of territorial, bodily and spiritual purity. Geringsing wayang, which features figures from classic literature and theater, is particularly revered as a ritual cloth made originally only for the courts of Bali and East Java.
ProvenanceVan Kerckhoff Collection. 1930, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 17, 1930)