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Description:

Half of a batik sarong, Java, ca. 1914. One of two identical halves of a batik sarong. Plain weave cotton, patterned with wax-resist dyeing. Field pattern of interlocking swastika fretwork, on a diagonal grid, with small repeating insect motifs in squares made by the grid. Probably a block or tjap batik. Triple end borders: narrow scrolling flowering stem; wider scrolling flowering stem; tumpal (elongated triangles) with narrow side borders of scrolling flowering stems. Brown and blue on off-white. Each half is 36" L x 41" W.

Date Made: ca. 1914

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Indonesia: Javanese

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Javanese Batiks, Textiles

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T04323.00ACatalog Number: T04323.00AAccession Number: 67243

Object Name: sarong half, Batiksarong half, batik

Physical Description: cotton (overall material)plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 36 in x 41 in; 91.44 cm x 104.14 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-9f3e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_627094

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