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Women's ceremonial shoulder cloth (gerengsing, selendang)

late 19th or early 20th century
Object PlaceTenganan, Bali, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueCotton, natural dyes; plain weave, warp and weft yarn-resist dyed (double ikat, geringsing)
Dimensions39.6 x 169 cm (15 9/16 x 66 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.813
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceVan Kerckhoff Collection. 1930, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: July 17, 1930)