Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; selendang; sash or sling. Indonesia

Collection: 
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place: 
Central Java
Creation Place: 
Indonesia
Title: 
Textile; selendang; sash or sling. Indonesia
Date: 
1700-1700
Materials: 
batik
Materials: 
cotton
Materials: 
fabric
Dimensions: 
254.0 cm by 51.7 cm
Current Location: 
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address: 
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID: 
UCLA FMCH X67.2250
Subject: 
- "semen" - 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: Information from original accession notes: "This selendang was made around 1700. It is exceedingly rare and comes from a Dulet Museum collection. A sash worn by a prince." For a description and illustration of the "semen" motif, see Elliott 1984:68-69.
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Notes: 
REMARKS BY RACHEL GROSSMAN, 1975: a well used sling of the type used to carry babies or burdens; Central Java; "semen" style.
Collection Description: 
METS ID: 
ark:/13030/ft7r29p1hv