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Image Not Available for Kain Limar (Shawl, head cloth or hip wrapper)
Kain Limar (Shawl, head cloth or hip wrapper)
Image Not Available for Kain Limar (Shawl, head cloth or hip wrapper)

Kain Limar (Shawl, head cloth or hip wrapper)

Date19th century
Object number2024.15.24
Provenance[British auction, 2019]; purchased at auction by David Paly, Gig Harbor, Washington, 2019; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2024
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. 93, ill., no. MA80.
Credit LineGift of David and Marita Paly
Dimensions90 x 31 in. (228.6 x 78.7 cm)
MediumSilk, weft ikat
Peninsular Malaysia, Malay people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.23
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, Bali, Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Bali Aga people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.5
Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.22
Indonesia, Flores, Lio people
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.2
Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.25
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Palembang
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.7
Unknown artist
19th century
Object number: 2022.38.11