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batik picture
late 20th Century
A small batik picture on a black cotton background showing two buffalo and two people working in the flooded fields, with a volcano and trees in background. The painting uses green and yellow tones an...
batik fabric
20th Century
This batik is a variation on the Javanese "tampal", or patchwork design. The field is split into shapes, each filled by an individual pattern. It has been suggested that the pattern has its origins ...
batik fabric
20th Century
This piece of batik cloth was probably originally worn as a sarong. This is suggested by the design of a central panel, "kepala", which is of a different pattern to that decorating the main field. I...
batik fabric
20th century
A large field pattern of flowers, leaves and large birds has been applied on this piece. Some areas feature a small scaled version of the traditional "parang" (dagger or knife) pattern, seen as if gl...
kain panjang
P.T.Tong Mas
late 20th Century
A kain panjang (literally long cloth); a piece of batik style printed cloth (not hand made batik) in gold, black, blue and maroon. The main field has a foliate pattern against a powdery ground; the bo...
batik slendang
mid 20th Century
A batik tulis slendang (narrow shawl). The central field consists of parallel diagonal rows of a parang (dagger) pattern. The edges contain flower, leaf and bird motifs. The two ends are decorated wit...
batik selendang
late 20th Century
A batik selendang (shawl). The central field consists of a parang (dagger) pattern. The two ends are decorated with elaborate tumpal (triangular) motifs. The dominant colours are light brown, dark bro...
batik slendang
mid 20th Century
A batik tulis slendang (narrow shawl). The main panel shows two large birds of paradise (cenderawasih) sitting in trees, with four butterflies and other items of vegetation. The two ends consist of co...
lurik
late 20th Century
A blue-black and white striped cotton weave with tassels. This is known as lurik; lurik may be plain black or plain white or a combination, as in this case. This one is woven in wider bands called jar...
jarik batik
late 20th Century
This is a 'jarik' (large waist cloth usually measuring about 2.5m x 1.0m) It is in the very early stages of production, before the dyeing has taken place. It is a 'pagi sore' (morning and afternoon) p...