Tapis Raja Tunggal (The One and Only King Tapis)

Unknown Indonesian, Indonesian

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not dated

Silk and cotton, gold thread

Overall: 48 3/4 × 46 1/4 in. (123.8 × 117.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Stephen A. Lister, Class of 1963

2017.53.4

Geography

Place Made: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Textile: Tapis

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Publication History

Mary-Louise Totton, Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Hanover: Hood Museum of Art, dist. University Press of New England, 2009, p. 156, plate 51.

Provenance

Stephen A. Lister, Santa Fe, New Mexico; lent to present collection, 2012; given to present collection, 2017.

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