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Title

Shouldercloth (slendang)

20th century

Artists

Unknown Artist

  • 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
    Copyright
    © Copyright reserved

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    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