Cloth with red and white squares

CultureIndian, Coromandel Coast
Titles
  • Cloth with red and white squares
Date17th century
MediumPainted cotton
Dimensions100 7/8 × 58 3/4 in. (256.2 × 149.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Banoo and Jeevak Parpia Collection, museum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Accessions Endowment
Object number2024.461
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Possible resist dye inscriptions at top corners: 3
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Overall recto
15th century
Printed and painted cotton
2024.420
Overall recto
15th century
Painted cotton
2024.460
Overall recto
17th century or earlier
Painted cotton
2024.466
Kente cloth
1900–1925
Cotton
97.776
Cloth
1900–1970
Cotton
97.771
Kente Cloth
1900–1990
Cotton
97.774
Kente Cloth
1900–1990
Cotton
97.772
Ukara (Ritual Cloth)
1900–1990
Resist dyed cotton
97.758
Kente Cloth
1900–1975
Cotton
97.768
Kente Cloth
1910--1970
Cotton
97.766