Ceremonial Hanging (palepai) by Paminggir people, textile, 1801-1900

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)

Paminggir people

Year
1801-1900
Medium
Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, main warp fringe
Dimensions
Without fringe: 67 × 296.6 cm (26 3/8 × 116 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Indonesia
Period
Indonesian Art

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