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Geringsing Wayang (ritual cloth)
Image Not Available for Geringsing Wayang (ritual cloth)

Geringsing Wayang (ritual cloth)

Date19th century
Object number2024.15.5
Provenance[Art dealer in Bali, Indonesia, 1983]; purchased from dealer by David Paly, Gig Harbor, Washington, 1983; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2024
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Ikat: A World of Compelling Cloth, March 9 – May 29, 2023.Published ReferencesGlobal Ikat: Routes and Roots of a Textile Technique: The David Paly Collection. Gibson Island, MD; London: Historic Textile Research Foundation, with Hali Publications, 2023; p. 77, ill., no. MA16.
Credit LineGift of David and Marita Paly
Dimensions82 × 25 1/2 in. (208.3 × 64.8 cm)
MediumCotton, double ikat, metallic supplementary weft
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Bangka Island, Malay people
early 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.8
Indonesia, West Timor, Miomafo, Atoin Meto people
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.11
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Palembang
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.7
Indonesia, North Sumatra, Toba Batak
mid-20th century
Object number: 2024.15.10
Peninsular Malaysia, Malay people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.23
Indonesia, Flores, Nage Keo people
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.1
Indonesia, Flores, Lio people
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.2
Photo: Scott Leen
Ni Wayan Sriani
2017
Object number: 2022.43.2