About the Artwork
Ragi hotang
20th century
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Oceanian
Batak
Plain weave, ikat, supplementary weft, and twining cotton, silk and metallic threads
Overall (with fringe): 36 × 98 inches (91.4 × 248.9 cm)
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Oceanic Art
Founders Society Purchase, Abraham Borman Family Fund
1989.23
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(John Barker)
1989-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Batak, Oceanian, Ragi hotang, 20th century, plain weave, ikat, supplementary weft, and twining cotton, silk and metallic threads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Abraham Borman Family Fund, 1989.23.
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