Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Java
Creation Place:
Lasem
Title:
Textile; sarong. Indonesia
Materials:
batik
Materials:
machine woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
184.2 cm by 105.4 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X81.1465
Subject:
- "kepala" "tumpal" "semen" floral bird
- batik machine woven cotton fabric
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS BY RENS HERINGA (1995): Natural Dyes. While the pattern is typical of Lasem, the yellowish background color and the orange tint in the red suggest that the cloth may have been dyed in Cirebon. These are characteristic of an oil treatment given to the cloth before dyeing in Cirebon. Probable date 1860-1870, when this type of pattern was at the height of its fashion. The star flowers in the tumpal border would not be found in a cloth produced before 1850 and the natural dyes would not have been used after 1900. Made by women of Chinese descent.
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Elliott, Inger McCabe. 1984. BATIK: FABLED CLOTH OF JAVA. New York, Clarkson N. Potter.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft0b69n6g h

Textile; sarong. Indonesia