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Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 58.43.1
Type: textile; textile arts; funeral object
Date of production:
mid-20th century
Place of production:
Materials: cotton canvas
Dimensions: width: 64.5cm
length: 180 cm
The motifs of mythical beings and trunked hong birds made with dark green, yellow, white, light brown, and blue supplementary wefts can be seen between the large coconut palm leaf motifs that run in the middle of a black plain weave cotton base.