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Head cloth (kain kepala)

early 19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Square textile (may be a head cloth or 'kain kepala') with symmetrical "mirong" motif (wings of Garuda, mount of Vishnu) on ground covered with crayfish, birds, etc. In beige with blue crackle on dark blue ground. Narrow border on four sides: plain cloth selvedges on two and the other two are handhemmed.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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