Ceremonial shoulder cloth (kain selendang songket)

19th century

Object PlacePalembang region, Sumatra, Indonesia

Medium/TechniqueSilk, metallic gold paper-wrapped silk thread, natural dyes; unbalanced plain-weave ground, discontinuous supplementary weft patterning in gold (songket)

Dimensions231 x 69 cm (90 15/16 x 27 3/16 in.)

Credit LineMarianne Brimmer Fund

Accession number21.661

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ClassificationsCostumes

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Provenance1921, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1921)

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