Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Java
Creation Place:
Pekalongan
Title:
Textile; kain panjang; woman's clothing. Indonesia
Materials:
batik tulis
Materials:
machine woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
251.0 cm by 104.8 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X78.21
Subject:
- "pagi-sore"
- batik tulis machine woven 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: Batik tulis or hand drawn batik from the town of Pekalongan on the North Coast of Java. Chemical dyes. Color and motif readily identify this as a Pekalongan batik. Pekalongan batik shows both Chinese and European influences; the cloths were predominantly made and used by Eurasian and Chinese women who lived on the North Coast. This design configuration, with different patterns at each end divided by a diagonal line at the center, is called "pagi-sore" [="morning-afternoon "]. The name originated because the cloth was "reversable", allowing one pattern to be worn on the outside in the morning and the other in the afternoon.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft5870069 x

Textile; kain panjang; woman's clothing. Indonesia