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Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)

Paminggir people Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area, Kalianda
Date
19th century
Medium
Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe
Dimensions
Without fringe: 67 × 296.6 cm (26 3/8 × 116 3/4 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection