Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Gresik?
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
North Coast Java
Title:
Textile; selendang; sash or shawl. Indonesia
Materials:
batik
Materials:
silk
Dimensions:
261.6 cm by 55.5 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X67.2255
Subject:
- bird floral
- batik silk
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: "Selendang" or shawl. Batik on silk is usually associated with the town of Gresik, although it was also made in other towns on the North Coast of Java. This cloth is typical of North Coast silk "selendang".
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Elliott, Inger McCabe. 1984. BATIK: FABLED CLOTH OF JAVA. New York, Clarkson N. Potter.See remarks by Rens Heringa on X81.1380.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft667nb3x r

Textile; selendang; sash or shawl. Indonesia