Sample of waxed cotton cloth with blue dyed areas re-waxed (reverse); step thirteen in the Javanese batik process, 1924. Approximately 10" x 12"; Design has a central butterfly motif surrounded by a plain field; with four concentric outer borders (floral, geometric, imitation fringe, solid). This sample illustrates the final rewaxing of the areas to remain blue before the second (red) dye bath. The American Vice Consul in Charge in Surabaya, Java, Rollin R. Winslow, was given these samples in 1924 by Miss E.F. Kerston of a local curiousity shop/dealer in batik called Inlandsche Kunst. Winslow then sent the samples to the Dept. of State as part of his report on local commerce and dyes, expressing the wish that they be forwarded as a donation to the Smithsonian when the State Dept. no longer had a need for them.