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Woman’s Shoulder Cloth (selendang) or Breast Cloth (kemben)

1899-1998

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Woman’s Shoulder Cloth (selendang) or Breast Cloth (kemben)

1899-1998

Physical Qualities Cotton, 21 x 104 in. (53.3 x 264.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. William H. B. Howard, Joppa, Maryland
Object Number 2009.209
Selendang, or Indonesian woman's shoulder cloth composed of a rectangular piece of very fine cotton cloth batiked with a double-sided pattern in brown and blue. The center field is light brown with a pattern of extremely fine pinholes. The border pattern is a repeating diagonal ornament called "cimukirran" in blue and brown and white. The edges are turned under approximately 1/16" and hemmed by hand on all four sides.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Ami Howard, Joppa, MD

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