Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creation Place:
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Indonesia
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Creation Place:
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Palembang?
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Creation Place:
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Sumatra?
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Title:
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Textile; kain; wrap-around outer garment. Indonesia
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Materials:
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cap batik
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Materials:
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cotton
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Materials:
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fabric
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Dimensions:
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242.4 cm by 105.4 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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Address:
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Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
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Object ID:
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UCLA FMCH X81.29
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Subject:
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- "tumpal" phytomorphic ship
- cap batik cotton fabric
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Heading:
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Content/Description
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Notes:
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REMARKS BY MARY JANE LELAND, this cloth was probably made in Java for use in Palembang. Some batik was made in the Jambi region of Sumatra, but this cloth does not particularly fit the description of Jambi cloths except in its color scheme [Gittinger 1979:104].
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Heading:
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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Notes:
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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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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft4m3nb2f1
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