Ceremonial cloth (pua' kumbu')

1900–25

Object PlaceWest Kalimantan, Indonesia

Medium/TechniqueCotton, natural dyes; warp-faced plain weave, warp yarn-resist dyed (ikat), discontinuous supplementary weft patterning.

Dimensions75 x 178 cm (29 1/2 x 70 1/16 in.)

Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund

Accession number30.800

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ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Provenancevan Kerckhoff Collection purchased by MFA on July 17, 1930
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art

1900–25

19th century

1900–25

19th–20th century

1900–05

1900–25

1900–25

19th–20th century

1900–25

1900–05

early 20th century

late 19th to early 20th century