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Collections

Ceremonial Textile (Palepai)19th century

On view: David Geffen GalleriesNavigating Pacific Asia
Long horizontal textile with marigold-orange ground, four frontal figural motifs in navy blue and red framed by zigzag borders, and a wide plain navy band along the lower edge

Unknown, Ceremonial Textile (Palepai), 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ceremonial Textile (Palepai)
Culture
Paminggir
Place Made
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung, Kalianda district
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Cotton plain weave with cotton, silk and metallic thread discontinuous supplementary-weft patterning
Dimensions
25 × 111 in. (63.5 × 281.94 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.73.73.5
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt. Textile Traditions of Indonesia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.