Kalaga
ca. 1880 (made)
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Kalaga (hanging) of felted wool with silk embroidery. Central field of a flower head within a cartouche surrounded by a repeating lotus pattern bounded by a wide leafy border with 4 framed birds on perches and corner pear shaped medallions on a dark red ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Felted wool embroidered with silk threads |
| Brief description | Kalaga (hanging), dark red felt with an embroidered design of floral, foliate and bird motifs of coloured silks, Rangoon, Burma, ca. 1880. |
| Physical description | Kalaga (hanging) of felted wool with silk embroidery. Central field of a flower head within a cartouche surrounded by a repeating lotus pattern bounded by a wide leafy border with 4 framed birds on perches and corner pear shaped medallions on a dark red ground. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from the Colonial and Indian Exhibition held in London in 1886 |
| Object history | Purchased from the Colonial and Indian Exhibition held in London in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. |
| Production | Attribution note: Rather than a hanging this may have been intended as a table centre piece. |
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| Accession number | IS.73-1886 |
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| Record created | June 6, 2000 |
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