Head Cloth
ca. 1920 (made)
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Head cloth of cotton batik. Dyed fabric using the wax-resist process in blue, brown and cream. The field is patterned with a parang (broken dagger) motif. The centre of the field is broken by a modang (lozenge) in blue bordered with a frieze of small stylised leaves (tjekmukirran). The cloth is bordered with a narrow band of blue eyelets surrounded by brown lines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wax-resist dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Head cloth of cotton batik, Central Java, ca. 1920 |
| Physical description | Head cloth of cotton batik. Dyed fabric using the wax-resist process in blue, brown and cream. The field is patterned with a parang (broken dagger) motif. The centre of the field is broken by a modang (lozenge) in blue bordered with a frieze of small stylised leaves (tjekmukirran). The cloth is bordered with a narrow band of blue eyelets surrounded by brown lines. |
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| Accession number | IS.26-1960 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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