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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Indonesia
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Indonesia
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Creation Place:
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Jambi?
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Jambi?
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Sumatra?
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Sumatra?
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Title:
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Textile with "prada" gold leaf decoration. Indonesia
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Textile with "prada" gold leaf decoration. Indonesia
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Collected 1965
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Collected 1965
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batik
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batik
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"prada"
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"prada"
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cotton
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cotton
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gold leaf
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gold leaf
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fabric
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fabric
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Dimensions:
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200.0 cm by 84.0 cm
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200.0 cm by 84.0 cm
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Current Location:
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
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Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
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Object ID:
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UCLA FMCH X70.123
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UCLA FMCH X70.123
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Subject:
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- batik "prada" cotton gold leaf fabric
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- batik "prada" cotton gold leaf fabric
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Content/Description
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REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: Cotton cloth decorated by the batik technique with indigo dye. Additional decoration with gold leaf glued to the surface of the cloth, a technique known as "prada". This cloth closely matches description given by Gittinger of cloths from the Jambi region of east coast Sumatra. "In the Jambi region distinctive batiks were made, patterned with small geometric floral forms arranged in closely aligned vertical and horizontal rows. Some areas may be enhanced with gold leaf." [Gittinger 1979:104]. "According to the Jambi people themselves, the skill of batik was brought to the east coast by Javanese immigrants in the last half of the 19th Century, and soon adopted by local women. Batiks were made primarily for noble families, and reflect conservative tastes in designs and dyes. Muted red, light brown, and two shades of indigo are the basic colors here; some textiles were worked only in shades of blue. The designs display their Javanese heritage as well as strong influences from the batik traditions of India." [Gittinger 1979:plate 72]. This cloth was purchased by George Ellis in the Netherlands in 1965. A tag was attached with the following inscription "batikwerk uit Preanger/goud opleg uit Bali" (="batik from Preanger(?)/gold overlay from Bali). The implication seems to be that the gold leaf was applied in Bali. Certainly it is not unprecidented for cloths in Indonesia to be produced in one location and finished in another, then used in still another. However, although Bali is well known for "prada" work, it is not certain that this assignation is justified. The description from Gittinger quoted above indicates that all of the skills necessary to produce this style of cloth existed locally in Jambi. Moreover, the motifs on this cloth are exactly those representative of the Jambi style.
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REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: Cotton cloth decorated by the batik technique with indigo dye. Additional decoration with gold leaf glued to the surface of the cloth, a technique known as "prada". This cloth closely matches description given by Gittinger of cloths from the Jambi region of east coast Sumatra. "In the Jambi region distinctive batiks were made, patterned with small geometric floral forms arranged in closely aligned vertical and horizontal rows. Some areas may be enhanced with gold leaf." [Gittinger 1979:104]. "According to the Jambi people themselves, the skill of batik was brought to the east coast by Javanese immigrants in the last half of the 19th Century, and soon adopted by local women. Batiks were made primarily for noble families, and reflect conservative tastes in designs and dyes. Muted red, light brown, and two shades of indigo are the basic colors here; some textiles were worked only in shades of blue. The designs display their Javanese heritage as well as strong influences from the batik traditions of India." [Gittinger 1979:plate 72]. This cloth was purchased by George Ellis in the Netherlands in 1965. A tag was attached with the following inscription "batikwerk uit Preanger/goud opleg uit Bali" (="batik from Preanger(?)/gold overlay from Bali). The implication seems to be that the gold leaf was applied in Bali. Certainly it is not unprecidented for cloths in Indonesia to be produced in one location and finished in another, then used in still another. However, although Bali is well known for "prada" work, it is not certain that this assignation is justified. The description from Gittinger quoted above indicates that all of the skills necessary to produce this style of cloth existed locally in Jambi. Moreover, the motifs on this cloth are exactly those representative of the Jambi style.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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Gittinger, Mattiebelle. 1979. SPLENDID SYMBOLS: TEXTILES AND TRADITIONS IN INDONESIA. Washington D.C., The Textile Museum.
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Gittinger, Mattiebelle. 1979. SPLENDID SYMBOLS: TEXTILES AND TRADITIONS IN INDONESIA. Washington D.C., The Textile Museum.
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Collection Description:
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Collection Description
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft5n39n9r m
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ark:/13030/ft5n39n9r m
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