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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	[nb-NO]Details[nb-NO] Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]S1972-0068-004-0 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Palempore, ceremonial hanging, heirloom (type traded to Indonesia) [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Probably late 19th C kalamkari fearturing ‘tree-of-life’ motif from Coromandel Coast, one of four examples in this collection - C Kalamkari literally means pen-work.Masulipatam painting is distinct in its use of block printin.Only vegetable dyes are used.Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom, also traded as luxury item.Found in several parts of India and Iran.(Gillow and Barnard, Traditional and Indian Textiles p16.), (Gillow,John and Barnard, Nicholas.Traditonal Indian Textiles.London Thames and Hudson 1991) [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]India, Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh - C [nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]19th C, Late - C [nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Textile [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Homespun Cotton, Cotton, Textile, Natural Dye, Dye [nb-NO]Technique[nb-NO]Block Printing, Printmaking, Mordant Dyeing, Resist Dyeing [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] L: 186 cm W: 109 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]S1972-0068-004-0

[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Palempore, ceremonial hanging, heirloom (type traded to Indonesia)

[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Probably late 19th C kalamkari fearturing ‘tree-of-life’ motif from Coromandel Coast, one of four examples in this collection - C Kalamkari literally means pen-work.Masulipatam painting is distinct in its use of block printin.Only vegetable dyes are used.Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom, also traded as luxury item.Found in several parts of India and Iran.(Gillow and Barnard, Traditional and Indian Textiles p16.), (Gillow,John and Barnard, Nicholas.Traditonal Indian Textiles.London Thames and Hudson 1991)

[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]India, Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh - C

[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]19th C, Late - C

[nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Textile

[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Homespun Cotton, Cotton, Textile, Natural Dye, Dye

[nb-NO]Technique[nb-NO]Block Printing, Printmaking, Mordant Dyeing, Resist Dyeing

[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]

L: 186 cm
W: 109 cm