Hiasan dinding, or ceremonial wall hanging, with Islamic calligraphic and floral decoration

Details

• Title

  Hiasan dinding, or ceremonial wall hanging, with Islamic calligraphic and floral decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › South-east Asia › Indonesia › Java (Pasisir) (place of creation)

  Asia › South-east Asia › Indonesia › Java (probable; Ceribon) (place of creation)

  Asia › South-east Asia › Indonesia › Sumatra (possible) (possible original location)

• Date

  c. 1900

• Material and technique

  cotton, machine woven, hand-applied with wax, and resist-dyed blue (batik); drawn fringe

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  machine-made;

  drawn (image);

  dyed › resist dyed › batik resist dyed

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › ceremonial equipment;

  furniture/furnishings › furnishing › hanging › wall-hanging;

  textile › cloth

• Dimensions

  224 x 95 cm (warp x weft)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1999.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1999.92

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