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Men's ceremonial tunic

Title

Year/Period

18th-19th century

Region

Lampung, southern Sumatra

Object Type

baju panjang, tunics, ceremonial attire and accessories

Material

Cotton

Technique

Wood-block printing, mordant resist dyeing, handdrawing

Dimension

Object size: L145 x W120 cm

Accession No.

1999-01408

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

The Malay baju panjang is a sort of long, loose coat once popular with both men and women. It relates to the Indo-Arabic banyan worn by Gujarati merchants, which came to be popular with Europeans. Malay popular tradition holds that the baju panjang was introduced with the arrival of Islam in the Malay World which required a more modest form of dress.