Ceremonial Hanging (Palepai)

1. E.M. (Pete) Bakwin, Chicago, IL, by Jan. 22, 2002 [E.M. Bakwin Collection of Indonesian Textiles, inventory EMB-1518-R; incoming receipt RX23940, Jan. 22, 2003; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Art Institute of Chicago, Galleries 108-109, The Art of Indonesian Textiles: The E. M. Bakwin Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 1, 2007–Mar. 2, 2008, cat.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9772/on-loss-and-absence-textiles-of-mourning-and-survival"><em>On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival</em></a>, Sept. 6, 2025–Mar. 15, 2026, cat.

• Brigitte Kahn Majlis, "Behind the Warps and Wefts: Indonesian Textiles in Context," The Art of Indonesian Textiles: The E. M. Bakwin Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 33 no. 2 (2007): 33-34, cat. 5.
• Folayemi Wilson, "Of Water and Sky Along a Fibered Path," in On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival, eds. Isaac Facio, Nneka Kai, L Vinebaum, and Anne Wilson, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 74-75, fig. 5 (ill.).

Palepai maju (ceremonial banner)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tapis (women’s ceremonial skirt)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ceremonial Cloth (tampan)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ceremonial Textile (Tampan)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tampan (Ceremonial Cloth)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ceremonial Hanging (palepai)

Art Institute of Chicago

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