Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Central Java
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Title:
Textile; selendang; shawl or carrying cloth. Indonesia
Materials:
batik
Materials:
machine woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
201.3 cm by 51.4 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X81.1379
Subject:
- floral "tumpal" "parang"
- batik machine woven 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: "Selendang" or cloth used as a shawl or carrying sling. Style is typical of Central Java, especially Jogjakarta. Motifs represented include "tumpal" (the triangular border) and "parang" (the diagonal lines filled with smaller motif elements).
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft6k4007n v

Textile; selendang; shawl or carrying cloth. Indonesia