late 14th-early 15th century
India
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumPlain-weave cotton block print (mordant- and painted resist-dyed)
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Size37 3/8 in. x 17 ft. 1 1/8 in. (95 x 521 cm)
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Geography details
India -
Country today
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Datelate 14th-early 15th century
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CultureIndia (Gujarat)
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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The imagery on this textile is related to manuscript paintings in the western Indian Jain style, and this textile type probably originated as a temple hanging in a Jain context. The women represented may be celestial maidens of Indra’s Heaven, where the gods reside.
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