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<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_overall2.jpg)
Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_overall2.jpg)
<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_overall1.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_overall1.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_overall2.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_overall2.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.45.183.57_front_print_bw.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.45.183.57_front_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail01.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail01.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail02.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail02.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail03.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail03.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail04.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail04.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail05.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail05.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail06.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail06.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail07.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail07.jpg)

<em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail08.jpg)

Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_detail08.jpg)

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Slendang

Arts of the Pacific Islands

MEDIUM Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins
  • Place Made: Sumatra, Plembang, Indonesia
    • DIMENSIONS 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 45.183.57
    CREDIT LINE Dick S. Ramsay Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior provenance not yet documented; between 1906 and 1913, reportedly collected in Indonesia by A. J. C. van Kerckhoff of The Hague, Netherlands; July 17, 1930, purchased from A. J. C. van Kerckhoff by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; 1945, purchased from MFA Boston by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CAPTION Slendang. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_overall2.jpg)
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    <em>Slendang</em>. Cotton, Silk, Gold Leaf, Sequins, 34 1/16 × 71 7/16 in. (86.5 × 181.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.57. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.57_overall2.jpg)

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