Ceremonial Cloth with Elephants and Tigers
A long ceremonial textile of silk, woven with double ikat resist-dyed motifs in rows of small elephants and feline figures set against a dark ground. Red-brown borders with stripes frame the cloth, and long warp fringes hang from both ends.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Silk, plain weave, warp and weft resist dyed (double ikat) and stripes of plain weave; bands of plain weave with main warp fringe; both sel
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 459 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1900).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection