Ceremonial Cloth and Heirloom Textile with Row of Female Musicians

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Ceremonial Cloth and Heirloom Textile with Row of Female Musicians

India, Gujarat; traded to Sulawesi, eastern Indonesia, 17th century
Textiles
Mordant and wax resist (batik) block printing and painting on plain-weave cotton
40 5/8 × 200 in. (103.19 × 508 cm)
Costume Council Fund (M.2005.10)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Markel, Stephen. Mughal and Early Modern Metalware from South Asia at LACMA: An Online Scholarly Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020. https://archive.org/details/mughal-metalware (accessed September 7, 2021).