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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
Maker Malaysia, Northeast Coast, Malay people
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
Image Not Available for Sarung Songket (Woman’s Sarong)
Sarung Songket (Woman’s Sarong)
Peninsular Malaysia, Malay people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.23
Image Not Available for Selendang (shoulder cloth)
Selendang (shoulder cloth)
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Bangka Island, Malay people
early 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.8
Image Not Available for Beti Naek (man’s wrapper)
Beti Naek (man’s wrapper)
Indonesia, West Timor, Miomafo, Atoin Meto people
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.11
Image Not Available for Saput Endek (man’s outer hip wrapper)
Saput Endek (man’s outer hip wrapper)
Indonesia, Bali
early 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.3
Image Not Available for Geringsing Wayang (ritual cloth)
Geringsing Wayang (ritual cloth)
Indonesia, Bali, Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Bali Aga people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.5
Image Not Available for Saput endek (man’s hip cloth)
Saput endek (man’s hip cloth)
Indonesia, Bali
19th-20th century
Object number: 2024.15.4
Image Not Available for Kain Kebat (Woman’s Sarong)
Kain Kebat (Woman’s Sarong)
Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.22
Image Not Available for Beti (man’s shawl or hip wrapper)
Beti (man’s shawl or hip wrapper)
Indonesia, West Timor
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.13
Image Not Available for Luka Semba (man’s shawl)
Luka Semba (man’s shawl)
Indonesia, Flores, Lio people
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.2
Image Not Available for Pua Kumbu (ritual cloth)
Pua Kumbu (ritual cloth)
Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.25
Image Not Available for Selendang (shoulder cloth)
Selendang (shoulder cloth)
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Palembang
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.7
Image Not Available for Prayer cloth
Prayer cloth
Unknown artist
19th century
Object number: 2022.38.11