Ceremonial shoulder cloth (Selendang)
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Woven silk textile with tied resist pattern showing a repeating pattern of flower, star, diamond shapes in purple and orange. Border stripe at either side of the main field with chevron and diamonds. These stripes are worked in weft ikat. At each end of the cloth are further bands of ikat designs.Gold braiding along the selvages and gold fringes along both ends.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Bali
label: possibly made in
content: Java
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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: 1961-115-36
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Ceremonial shoulder cloth (Selendang)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic yarns, dye Technique: Tied resist patterning on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 212 × 76 cm (6 ft. 11 7/16 in. × 29 15/16 in.)