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Title

Shouldercloth (slendang)

20th century

Artists

Unknown Artist

An image of Shouldercloth (slendang) by

About

This Javanese silk shoulder cloth with a layered geometric design of repeated alternating quartered squares, may have originally been made for the Arab export market.

Asian Art Department, AGNSW, August 2000

Details

Place where the work was made

Cirebon → West Java → Java → Indonesia

Cultural origin

Peranakan Chinese

Date

20th century

Media category

Textile

Materials used

silk, natural dyes; batik

Dimensions

48.0 x 327.6 cm

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Bequest of Alex Biancardi 2000

Location

Not on display

Accession number

257.2000

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