Javanese batik slendang or shoulder cloth, ca. 1914
Javanese batik slendang or shoulder cloth, ca. 1914
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- Description
- Javanese batik slendang or shoulder cloth, ca. 1914. 85" L x 19" W. Length of cotton cloth with a batik design in red, indigo blue, and brown. Elongated central diamond in red with scalloped edges, Plain dark indigo blue field with three concentric narrow borders all around; outermost with imitation fringe pattern. Worn by Javanese women as a wrapped upper body garment, a shawl or scarf, or as a carrying cloth.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- slendang, batik
- date made
- 1914
- ca. 1914
- place made
- Indonesia: Javanese
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 85 in x 19 in; 215.9 cm x 48.26 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T04326.000
- catalog number
- T04326.000
- accession number
- 67243
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Javanese Batiks
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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