Batik
1950 - 1990 (made)
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Batik, of resist dyed cotton. Rectangular cloth with two distinct patterns, forming two halves. One consists of stylised flowering stems with bird forms in dark and light brown with some pink flowers and leaves against a background of lozenges in fine lines with a pink border of leaves and flowers. The other has broad meandering bands of dark brown with infilled patterns in light brown against a pattern of "scales" in thin dark brown lines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Resist dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Batik, resist dyed cotton, North coast Java, Indonesia, 1950 - 1990 |
| Physical description | Batik, of resist dyed cotton. Rectangular cloth with two distinct patterns, forming two halves. One consists of stylised flowering stems with bird forms in dark and light brown with some pink flowers and leaves against a background of lozenges in fine lines with a pink border of leaves and flowers. The other has broad meandering bands of dark brown with infilled patterns in light brown against a pattern of "scales" in thin dark brown lines. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr Richard Chadwick |
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| Accession number | IS.37-2011 |
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| Record created | August 26, 2011 |
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