Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)

Paminggir

c. 1900

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai) by Paminggir

Medium

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

Dimensions

220 × 68.8 cm (86 5/8 × 25 1/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Department

Textiles

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

180303

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