Lightning
Master Member
I didn't want to bump a 14 year old thread, Indiana Jones Screen Used Sanskrit Cloth Temple of Doom so I'm starting a new one.
I've seen it said there were 2 versions of the cloth, but there are actually (at least) 3. It's different in each of its 3 appearances. With the new 4K screencaps we can finally get a good look at the one from the secret passage. It's a clear match for the one in the Star Wars to Indiana Jones book.
The one from the Isberg collection that's been auctioned is clearly supposed to be the one from the Archive book. It's either a good forgery or the paint started flaking off and someone touched it up. You can see 2 dots from the text are missing, an unlikely omission for a forgery. The mans face and Shiva's crown being the most obvious changes. The text is a really good match when overlayed in photoshop.
I've seen it said there were 2 versions of the cloth, but there are actually (at least) 3. It's different in each of its 3 appearances. With the new 4K screencaps we can finally get a good look at the one from the secret passage. It's a clear match for the one in the Star Wars to Indiana Jones book.
The one from the Isberg collection that's been auctioned is clearly supposed to be the one from the Archive book. It's either a good forgery or the paint started flaking off and someone touched it up. You can see 2 dots from the text are missing, an unlikely omission for a forgery. The mans face and Shiva's crown being the most obvious changes. The text is a really good match when overlayed in photoshop.