Long, rectangular, tabby-woven cotton hanging decorated with cream-coloured and light brown batik on a blue-black ground. The decoration on the textile consists of a centre panel depicting four characters from the Mahabharata as used in wayang shadow theatre. They include Bima, with his characteristic long nails, and beside him, Arjuna to one side of a central sawat motif. Above the figures and sawat are six small garudas. The panel is surrounded by three patterned borders. The outer two contain different motifs in the corner squares.
hanging (art); textile
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