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<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 45.183.110_detail_PS9.jpg)
Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 45.183.110_detail_PS9.jpg)
<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 45.183.110_detail_PS9.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 45.183.110_detail_PS9.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 45.183.110_overall_PS9.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 45.183.110_overall_PS9.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.45.183.110_detail07.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.45.183.110_detail07.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_label02.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_label02.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_label01.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_label01.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail08.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail08.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail01.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail01.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail02.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail02.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail03.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail03.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail06.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail06.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail05.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail05.jpg)

<em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail04.jpg)

Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.183.110_detail04.jpg)

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Arts of the Pacific Islands

MEDIUM Silk, pigment
  • Place Made: Bali, Indonesia
    • DATES 19th or early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 45.183.110
    CREDIT LINE Dick S. Ramsay Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1913, provenance not yet documented; between 1906 and 1913, reportedly collected in Indonesia by A. J. C. van Kerckhoff; July 17, 1930, purchased from A. J. C. van Kerckhoff by MFA Boston; 1945, purchased from MFA Boston by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    <em>Cover</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment, 13 × 89 9/16 in. (33 × 227.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 45.183.110_detail_PS9.jpg)

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