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Selimut (Man's Textile)

Unknown artist, 1900s

71 cm × 1.89 m

Almost as tall as a doorway. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.89 m
Width: 71 cm
Medium: cotton, ikat dyed
Kind: Textile
Made in: Indonesia, Savu, 20th century
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 189.2 x 61 cm (74 1/2 x 24 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 61 cm × 1.89 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Edward Altmann

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 71 cm × 1.89 m. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1900s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Mrs. Edward Altmann.
How was it made?: Cotton, ikat dyed, made in Indonesia, Savu, 20th century, Indonesia, Savu, 20th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.