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Ceremonial upper body wrapper (kamben endek, slendang)

19th or early 20th century
Object PlaceBali, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueSilk, metallic gold paper-wrapped thread; plain-weave ground, weft yarn resist-dyed (endek, ikat), discontinuous supplementary weft patterning in gold (songket)
Dimensions51 x 308 cm (20 1/16 x 121 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.811
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenancevan Kerckhoff Collection purchased by MFA on July 17, 1930
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art