Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Java
Title:
Textile; tourist art?. Indonesia
Materials:
batik
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
181.6 cm by 48.3 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X67.2251
Subject:
- wayang elephant
- batik cotton fabric
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: This information from "card notes" cited on the original accession sheet: "Ancient batik; depicting royal elephant with his handmaidens." This information from Rachael Grossman (1975): Made for the tourist trade; "cap" technique; depicts shadow puppets in scene from the Mahabharata; the elephant in an unusual feature which points to the textile's manufacture for sale to tourists. Additional note pinned to cloth: "Probably for tourist trade". Batiks of similar style are illustrated in Kahn Majlis 1984:223.
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Kahn Majlis, Brigitte. 1984. INDONESISCHE TEXTILIEN: WEGE ZU GOTTERN UND AHNEN. Cologne, Germany, Rautenstrauch-Joest- Museum.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft0r29n69 j

Textile; tourist art?. Indonesia