Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
North Coast Java
Title:
Textile; kain panjang; woman's clothing. Indonesia
Date:
1941
Materials:
batik tulis
Materials:
dyed
Materials:
machine woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
textile
Dimensions:
252.0 cm by 105.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X61.23
Subject:
- floral
- batik tulis dyed machine woven cotton textile
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON THE BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: Batik tulis or hand-drawn batik. Floral style and color indicate origin in the North Coast batik region of Java. Probably aniline dyes. Collected in 1938. The term "kain panjang" [="long cloth"] refers to a particular size and style of batik cloth [see Elliott 1984:34]. Once worn by both men and women as a wrap-around skirt; in more recent times primarily a woman's garment. According to Rachael Grossman (1975): Probably made of a younger woman because of the lighter colors.
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Elliott, Inger McCabe. 1984 BATIK: FABLED CLOTH OF JAVA. New York, Clarkson N. Potter.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft9w1009h n

Textile; kain panjang; woman's clothing. Indonesia