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Long Cloth
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Cotton (painted mordant dyed), India (Coromandel Coast) for Indonesian market
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Friends of Asian Art Gifts in honor of James C. Y. Watt 2011
Title: Long Cloth
Description:
Cotton (painted mordant dyed), India (Coromandel Coast) for Indonesian market.
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