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Textile:
ITC 2022.161

late 20th Century

A cotton weave in maroon with supplementary weft motifs including hexagons, stripes, stars and variations on a hook and rhomb design. Lettering on the item reads SELAMAT PAKAI, which translates as 'h...

Textile:
ITC 2022.166

late 20th Century

A maroon weave with hook-and-rhomb motifs, multicoloured beading at each end, and tassels. One end has been sewn into a hem, possibly at a later date. It is made of cotton or hemp.

Textile:
ITC 2022.220

late 20th Century

A velvet wall hanging in black, embroidered with a design of a stylised version of the gate of Aceh ('pinte Aceh') with two daggers coming down the sides, in gold metallic (plastic) thread and sequins...

Textile:
ITC 2022.226

late 20th Century

1. A silk kain (sarung), mainly batik cap (block printed) with some hand work, and 2. selendang (formal shawl), a see through weave made of silk or silk crepe, batik cap (block printed). The shawl has...

Textile:
ITC 2022.232

late 20th Century

A large selendang [shawl], probably batik tulis, mainly in black and orange with some yellow. It was possibly designed for making shirts or other clothing. In one corner, the letter ‘R’ appears i...

Textile:
ITC 2022.293

c. 2016

A batik tulis kain basurek: hand drawn with the distinctive ‘basurek’ (or ‘besurek’) motif characteristic of batik made in the Bengkulu area. In the Bengkulu language, basurek means ‘bearing...