Long rectangular cotton cloth with twisted fringe along each crosswise end. The primary design, created by the double ikat technique, is of a repeating lattice of diamond and star motifs in reddish brown (mengkudu) and natural ecru on a blue-black (indigo) ground. Geringsing cloth is...
Provenance
van Kerckhoff Collection purchased by MFA on July 17, 1930 Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Indonesian (Balinese), Dutch colonial rule, late 19th or early 20th century
Object Place
Tenganan, Bali, Indonesia
Dimensions
39.6 x 169 cm (15 9/16 x 66 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
30.813
Medium or Technique
Cotton, natural dyes; plain weave, warp and weft yarn-resist dyed (double ikat, geringsing)