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Ceremonial Cloth

Unknown artist, early 1900s

63 cm × 2.5 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.5 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.5 m
Width: 63 cm
Medium: double ikat, tabby weave; cotton
Kind: Textile
Made in: Indonesia, Bali, Tengann Pageringsingan, early 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: 250 x 49.5 cm (98 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 50 cm × 2.5 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the Textile Art Alliance in memory of Dorothy G. Shepherd

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

How big is it?: 63 cm × 2.5 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made early 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: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of the Textile Art Alliance in memory of Dorothy G. Shepherd.
How was it made?: Double ikat, tabby weave; cotton, made in Indonesia, Bali, Tengann Pageringsingan, early 20th century, Indonesia, Bali, Tengann Pageringsingan, early 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.