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Minangkabau

Shoulder or Head Cloth (selendang)

19th century
Silk, cotton, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts, plied main warp fringe terminating in knotted silk, cut tassels
166.4 × 71.8 cm (65.5 × 28.3 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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