Woman's head cloth or shoulder cloth (tengkuluak or kain sandang, selendang)
19th century
Object PlaceWest Sumatra, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueSilk, metallic gold paper-wrapped silk thread, natural dyes; plain-weave ground, discontinuous supplementary weft patterning in gold and silk
DimensionsOverall: 264 x 78 cm (103 15/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Clifford Smith
Accession number38.82
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ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Clifford Smith to the MFA on April 14, 1938
late 19th to early 20th century
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