Title

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai), Indonesia, 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai), Indonesia, 19th century.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21B28_203

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

7,0Mb (961,8Kb) / 10,0in x 2,7in / 3000 x 810 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation ceremony arts country art ship ships traditional tradition ceremonial Indonesia Sumatran hanging Sumatra Indonesian ritual location century material textiles gallery fabric cloth textile concept typical art gallery 19th century water transport nineteenth century object Unknown Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art Textiles 19th-century Art Institute Chicago Palepai Cotton silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie) plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts main warp fringe