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Kantu
Indonesia, Borneo, West Kalimantan

Ceremonial Cloth (pua kumbu), Early 20th century

Two panels joined: cotton, stripes of plain weave; warp resist dyed (warp ikat), plain weave with paired warps, and warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; plied and knotted warp fringe
213.3 x 75.2 cm (84 x 29 5/8 in.)
Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection, 2002.946




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