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Man's ceremonial lower body wrapper (saput, kain endek)

early 20th century
Object PlaceIndonesia
Place of CreationBali, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueSilk, metallic gold and silver paper-wrapped thread; plain-weave, weft yarn-resist dyed (endek, ikat), discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (songket).
Dimensions55 x 145 cm (21 5/8 x 57 1/16 in.)
Credit LineMarianne Brimmer Fund
Accession number21.664
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1921, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1921)