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Textile:
ITC 2022.1

late 20th Century

A red and black kain made up of three panels, all including warp ikat elements. There are also narrow blue, yellow and red stripes running through the material.

Textile:
ITC 2022.219.1

late 20th Century

A straw pillbox hat [songkok?], intended for daily wear by Muslim men. It is light brown with dark brown bands and triangular/arrow patterning in gold plastic metallic thread. There is a wooden band i...

Textile:
ITC 2022.10

c. 1995

A warp ikat shoulder wrap in browns, in a stripe and patola design. There is a central patterned striped panel between smaller stripes of dots, diamonds and triangles.

Textile:
ITC 2022.101

late 20th Century

A cotton ulos (shawl), intended to be worn around the shoulders. It is mostly black with orange, pink and white ikat stripes. The traditional Tenun fabric of the Batak people of North Sumatra, the ulo...

Textile:
ITC 2022.103

late 20th Century

A songket tube sarong (hip wrapper) with plant, flower and butterfly motifs. It is possibly reversible, with purple on one side and maroon on the reverse. There are stripes of silver metallic warp th...

Textile:
ITC 2022.104

late 20th Century

A silk weave, with black and red-pink silk used as the warp and weft, and a design of grey and black chevrons outlined in gold gutta paint.

Textile:
ITC 2022.105

late 20th Century

An orange weave, possibly made of plant fibre, with supplementary weft cotton patterning. The design is in white, black, green, grey and yellow thread, and consists of intermittent stripes of crosses,...

Textile:
ITC 2022.106

late 20th Century

A cotton ikat weave. The central panel has repeat designs of diamonds, zig zags and stylised flowers on an indigo background. There are striped warp edges in yellow-cream and red.

Textile:
ITC 1061

20th century

Length of batik fabric with a main pattern of trailing stems with small leaves and flowers. In amongst the stems are flying birds. The border has triangular and square patterning, and a framed oblon...

Textile:
ITC 1062

20th century

In pink, white and black diagonal design with flowers and the parang dagger motif. Fringe type patterning on the edge.

Textile:
ITC 1063

20th century

Batik fabric length, patterning in black on a white ground. Patterning of flowerheads and other organic forms linked with fine lines that form an infill pattern. Geometric patterning on the border.

Textile:
ITC 1065

20th century

A batik shawl dyed in multi-colours, using black, blue, red, yellow and green. The main design patterns are of flying birds and curling vine and tendril foliage. The birds may be influenced by Chines...