Lawan Textile
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Lawan Textile, early 20th century. Resist dyed ceremonial silk (lawan), with silk canvas: 30 x 40 x 1 1/4 in. (76.2 x 101.6 x 3.2 cm) without silk canvas: 68 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (173.4 x 69.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Alvin E. Friedman-Kien, 2002.119.20. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Lawan Textile
Date
early 20th century
Geography
Place made: Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Medium
Resist dyed ceremonial silk (lawan)
Classification
Dimensions
with silk canvas: 30 x 40 x 1 1/4 in. (76.2 x 101.6 x 3.2 cm) without silk canvas: 68 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (173.4 x 69.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Alvin E. Friedman-Kien
Accession Number
2002.119.20
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