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Ceremonial hanging (palepai)

Ceremonial hanging (palepai)

mid-19th century
Object PlaceSouthern Sumatra (Lampong region), Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave ground with cotton discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
DimensionsOverall: 73.7 x 382.3 cm (29 x 150 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund
Accession number1980.172
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBy 1980, in the collection of the Martin and Ullman Artweave Textile Gallery, New York; purchased from Artweave Gallery by the MFA (Accession date: April 16, 1980)