Hip Wrapper (tapis)

Provenance

Made for export to Indonesia; collected by vendor in South Sumatra, Indonesia; called sembagi, a term used in South Sumatra for multi-colored cloths from the Coromandel Coast

Hip Wrapper (tapis)

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1800–1850

Accession Number

2000.33

Medium

cotton; plain weave; block printed, drawn resist, painted mordants, dyed

Dimensions

Overall: 250.2 x 108.6 cm (98 1/2 x 42 3/4 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund