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Paiwan

Mourning Cloth

1875-1910

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Paiwan

Mourning Cloth

1875-1910

Physical Qualities Indigo-dyed ramie with wool embroidery, 23 1/2 × 11 3/8 in. (59.7 × 28.9 cm.)
Credit Line Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number 2021.219
The Baltimore Museum of Art, by purchase 2021; Thomas Murray Arts, Mill Valley, California, by purchase; Tadashi Morita, Tokyo
Collection rotation, "Art Across Asia. Islands of East Asia," October 5, 2023-May 13, 2024

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