Title
Shoulder cloth
Creator
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th century
Region
Cirebon, Java
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: L 210.5 x W 79.8
Accession No.
1997-04160
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ng
This shoulder cloth is decorated with characters which mirror Qur’anic verses. Textiles such as these were believed to have protective talismanic powers and were greatly prized. It could have been used as a shroud to cover corpses in funerals, or worn by men in battle.
