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Ceremonial Waist Sashes (ikak pinggang)

19th century
Cotton and silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, weft-faced, warp ribbed plain weave, and slit tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; with hammered white metal fitting and fringe of chain and cut, hammered end pieces
318.8 × 7 cm (125.5 × 2.8 in)

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