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Klaten4
Indonesia4
Java3
Wiro2
Pedan1
Central Java1
Dega Village, Wiro1

Textile

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...

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slendang (shawl)
Textile

slendang

1980-1983

A long piece of tie-dyed textile for a shawl (slendang). It may have been dyed twice, once for purple colour as the base and the second time for the central blue section. There are some white stitches...

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batik jarik
Textile

batik jarik

before 1984

This is a 'jarik' (large waist cloth usually measuring about 2.5m x 1.0m) which had just been completed when it was purchased in Desa (village) Wiro, Kecamatan (sub-district) of Bayat, Kabupaten (dist...

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unfinished jarik batik
Textile

unfinished jarik batik

1984

This piece is at an intermediate stage of production, with the outline complete and several colours already applied. Some sections have been rewaxed for further dyeing in due course. Navy, blue and pu...

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