Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Bukittinggi
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Sumatra
Title:
Textile; headcloth. Indonesia
Date:
1900
Materials:
batik cloth
Dimensions:
92.5 cm by 89.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X94.11.1
Subject:
- batik cloth
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
Per the donor: " The Headcloth (Kain Batik) is Penghulu Datuk, the leader of a clan in Minangkabau. The Headcloth has arabic writing (caligraphy) at the center, and there are compartments which indicate some of the god's manners. At the center of the piece there are motives of swords. The Headcloth is no longer produced in Bukittinggi. The vernacular name of the Headcloth in Minangkabau is Saluak. It is usually used by a man. The Headcloth is approximately 100 years old."
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft1489n6r n

Textile; headcloth. Indonesia