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Shoulder or waist cloth (kain songket)
Shoulder or waist cloth (kain songket)

Shoulder or waist cloth (kain songket)

19th century
Object PlaceSumatra, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueCotton, metallic gold paper-wrapped thread, metal, natural dyes; warp-faced (satin) weave, discontinuous supplementary weft patterning in gold (songket)
Dimensions192 x 41 cm (75 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMarianne Brimmer Fund
Accession number21.660
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ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1921, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1921)