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Ceremonial lower body wrapper (kain limar)
Ceremonial lower body wrapper (kain limar)

Ceremonial lower body wrapper (kain limar)

late 19th or early 20th century
Object PlacePalembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueSilk, metallic gold paper-wrapped thread; plain-weave ground, weft yarn resist-dyed (ikat), discontinuous supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions107 x 178 cm (42 1/8 x 70 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. John Wheelock Elliot
Accession number17.1618
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift to MFA on May 3, 1917