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Shoulder cloth (slendang, selendang)

19th–20th century
Object PlaceMalaysia or Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueCotton, natural dyes; warp-faced plain-weave, warp yarn resist-dyed (ikat)
Dimensions46 x 170 cm (18 1/8 x 66 15/16 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.798
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenancevan Kerckhoff Collection purchased by MFA on July 17, 1930
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art