Kamben geringsing (ceremonial cloth)
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cotton textile created in the double ikat or 'geringsing' technique showing a "kota-mesir" pattern (four-pointed star, notched internal pattern, divides piece into semi-circular segments). Semi-circles depict "wayang patlikur isi" motif (geometric wayang figure) and other figures. Wide border at end with geometric pattern. Design in tan on black. Fringed.
place: label: made in
content: Tenganan, Bali, Indonesia
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1961-115-37
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Kamben geringsing (ceremonial cloth)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: tied resist patterning in warp and weft (double ikat) on plain weave Label: cotton with tied resist patterning in warp and weft (double ikat)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 231.1 x 39.1 cm (7 ft. 7 in. x 15 3/8 in.)