Title
Ceremonial shoulder cloth
Year/Period
19th century
Region
Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: L186.0 x W83.5 cm
Accession No.
1997-03384
Collection of
This is a ceremonial 'lawon', dyed using the tritik technique and gilded with gold. In Tritik, sections of the cloth are tightly sewed up to exclude the dye. Lawon were worn by widows after their obligatory mourning period as a sign they were free to remarry.
