Head Cloth
ca. 1930 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Head cloth of cotton batik. Waxed with the tjanting and dyed indigo and brown on a cream ground. The field is patterned with a parang motif, and in each corned is repeated a wing (lar) motif incorporating a broad tail. The centre of the field is broken by a lozenge (modang) bordered with a frieze of small stylised leaves (tjekmukirran).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton batik |
| Brief description | Head cloth of cotton batik, Central Java, ca. 1930 |
| Physical description | Head cloth of cotton batik. Waxed with the tjanting and dyed indigo and brown on a cream ground. The field is patterned with a parang motif, and in each corned is repeated a wing (lar) motif incorporating a broad tail. The centre of the field is broken by a lozenge (modang) bordered with a frieze of small stylised leaves (tjekmukirran). |
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| Accession number | IS.27-1960 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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