Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Central? Java
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Title:
Textile; kain panjang; wrap-around lower garment. Indonesia
Date:
Collected 1930s
Materials:
batik tulis
Materials:
machine woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
254.0 cm by 108.5 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X74.265
Subject:
- "semen"? bats phytomorphic
- batik tulis machine woven cotton fabric
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Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: "Kain panjang" [="long cloth"]; worn as a wrap-around lower garment. "Tulis" or hand drawn batik. Central Javanese style batik. Accession sheet identifies pattern as a variation of the pattern known as "semen", but the basis for this classification is not clear [see Elliott 1984:68-69]. The winged motif appears to be bats rather than birds as stated on accession sheet.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Elliott, Inger McCabe. 1984. BATIK: FABLED CLOTH OF JAVA. New York, Clarkson N. Potter.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft909nb5k 5

Textile; kain panjang; wrap-around lower garment. Indonesia