Selendang
early 20th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Selendang (scarf) of cotton batik. Dark blue field, with repeating pattern of stylised rosettes in the spaces between a square trellis made up of further stylised rosette-forms. Patterns reserved in light brown or cream on the blue ground. Around the edges is a series of borders with scrolling floral and foliage designs in cream with touches of dark blue on a red ground.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton batik |
| Brief description | Selendang (scarf), cotton batik, Kelantan, Malaysia, early 20th century |
| Physical description | Selendang (scarf) of cotton batik. Dark blue field, with repeating pattern of stylised rosettes in the spaces between a square trellis made up of further stylised rosette-forms. Patterns reserved in light brown or cream on the blue ground. Around the edges is a series of borders with scrolling floral and foliage designs in cream with touches of dark blue on a red ground. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1977/2114. |
| Production | Kelantan, Malaysia |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.89-1977 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
