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ikat ulos
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...
kain batik tulis
c. 1995
A cotton batik tulis (hand drawn) from East Java, with a foliate motif against a tiny wave pattern ground, rendered in browns and some blue. It is possible that the flowers are stamped. There may be ...
Paseseh batik
late 20th - early 21st Century
A silk batik with a chevron design in red and white, incorporating citrus fruit and leaf motifs, and an S shaped motif. The S shaped motif is one of the oldest Indonesian batik motifs, known as Parang...
kain Madura
late 20th Century
A batik tulis kain (sarung/hip wrapper) for women. It is predominantly dark red, with navy blue and gold, an eye/dot pattern and tumpals on the borders. There are complex floral and winged motifs in d...
batik Pacitan
c.1993
A batik, mainly brown, on hand-woven coarse cotton. The wax covering the background is deliberately cracked before dyeing so allowing irregular lines of colour to appear on the cloth. This is a well ...
batik tablecloth (taplak meja)
c. 1992
A large batik tablecloth, or taplak meja, with a bold coloured pattern on a black background and with hand painted application of gold gutta paint in a coletan technique. The colours used are orange, ...