Unknown Artist
- Title
- 'ikat' wrap or blanket
- Place of origin
-
Uzbekistan
- Year
- 20th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- silk with cotton lining; warp 'ikat'
- Dimensions
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183.9 x 100.5cm (irreg.)
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Alex Biancardi 2000
- Accession number
- 298.2000
- Copyright
- © Copyright reserved
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This Uzbek 'ikat' was once probably sewn into a coat but has now been taken apart and re-sewn into a small shawl or wrap. The brightly coloured 'ikat' is dyed in six different colours and the lining is of Russian printed cotton.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, August 2000
