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Total number of records: 39

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Textiles34
Books and printed items5

Count of Collection group

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International Textile Collection34
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1
Cookery Collection1

Count of Subject

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furniture1
diet1
cooking, indonesian1
colonial administrators1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Indonesia39
Java6
Sulawesi3
Klaten3
Mataram2
Pekalongan2
Lombok2
West Java2
Wiro2
Palembang1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Tidswell, Pamela2
Veenendaal, Jan1
Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-18261
Slamet Riady Weaving Company1
Owen, Sri1
Kennedy, Raymond (1906-1950)1
Batik and Handicraft Research Institute1
Bjorgulfur Olafsson (1882-1973)1
Collis, Maurice (1889-1973)1

Archive Print Item

Raffles

Collis, Maurice (1889-1973); Morris, Jan (1926-2020); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1988

Originally published: 1966.

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Frá Malajalöndum

Björgúlfur Ólafsson (1882-1973)

1936

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Textile

endek

late 20th Century

This is an 'Endek', a type of weft ikat made in Bali. It is made of black cotton with 'Dindin Gai' motif.

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Textile

shoulder cloth

late 20th Century

A shoulder cloth with supplementary weft silver metallic hexagons on brown cotton, with green, yellow, blue and white diamonds and hexagons. There are white bands of diamonds at both sides followed by...

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Textile

sarong

late 20th Century

This piece is in a tubular shape, usually worn as sarong, a garment consisting of a long piece of cloth worn wrapped around the body and tucked at the waist or under the arms. The textile is plain bla...

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supplementary weft weave

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...

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saput or kampuh
Textile

saput or kampuh

c. 1973

A woven Balinese saput or kampuh (outer hip cloth for men). Made with gold metallic thread over black and white, creating the impression of a rich gold background with a raised pattern in white. The ...

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batik fabric map
Textile

batik fabric map

20th Century

A batik map of Indonesia in tan and white on an indigo background, with large border of 16 squares, each with a different design. The islands are patterned, and the map is annotated with names of ...

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batik fabric
Textile

batik fabric

1950-1973

Batik in black, white, blue, tan and pink. Design includes ornate birds, flowers and a zig zag border.

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taman arum batik
Textile

taman arum batik

1950-1973

Batik in white, black and tan. The design is a repeat of beasts rampant: repeated lion and tiger in landscape of trees and flowers. Known as the taman arum design of Chinese rock gardens. It is tho...

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Batak head cloth
Textile

batak head cloth

1950-1973

Purple and crimson fabric with fine tassels. The design is of fine vertical blue stripes woven to a diamond design, with yellow and red vertical stripes, and gold thread horizontal banded designs. T...

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batak fabric
Textile

batak fabric

1950-1973

A woven Batak fabric in black and red on a white background, with tassels. A striped design includes the 'hook and rhomb' cross motif, zig-zags and diamonds, and larger central panels of diamond mot...

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