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Woman's ceremonial shoulder or breast cloth (geringsing, geringsing wayang kebo, selendang, anteng)

late 19th to early 20th century
Object PlaceTenganan, Bali, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueCotton, natural dyes; plain-weave, warp and weft ikat yarn resist-dyed (double ikat, geringsing)
Dimensions242 x 52 cm (95 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMarianne Brimmer Fund
Accession number21.665
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1921, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1921)