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Object Number 999-13-70/5831
Display Title Antique ship cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Antique ship cloth; undyed plain-weave cotton fabric, patterned in red in supplementary-weft weave. Natural ground with stylized meandering design with human figures. Narrow blue strand at both ends of design. Stained, discolored, frayed; torn at edges.
Inventory Description Woven textile, red and brown woven figurative and geometric pattern, fringed
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Sumatra
Additional Geographic Terms Lampung, South
Materials Cotton, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 71 x 61 cm (27 15/16 x 24 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 999-13-70/5831
Credit Line Gift of Rodger Dashow
Provenance
Collector Rodger Dashow (1999 - 6/14/99)
Donor Rodger Dashow (1999 - 6/14/99)

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