A Javanese batik man's headcloth, 1914. Square cotton headcloth in tan, brown, and blue; with central diamond reserve of natural off-white color, with an outline border in brown and blue, and a plain tan field. Plain narrow outer border. 41" square. Batik oedang. The tan field displays the crackle effect of the dye coming through cracks in the wax, leaving fine irregular lines of color.
Javanese man's batik headcloth, 1915. Original cataloging identifies it as a "Batik oedeng" in brown and indigo blue, with a motif "Micudo", with a price of 6 F. or $2.40. The headcloth is square, with a square central reserve on point, and a field with a densely patterned ground of diagonal rows of serpentine lines, mitered in the center of each side, and repeats of several different plant forms. One of 22 finished batik textiles, together with 14 process samples, made by prisoners in Java for exhibition at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Purchased by the US National Museum for the Division of Textiles from the Netherlands East Indies Commission at the close of the Exposition.
Javanese man's batik headcloth, 1915. Original cataloging identifies it as a "Batik oedeng" in brown and indigo blue, with a motif "Cement sinom", with a price of 6 F. or $2.40. The headcloth is square, with a square central reserve on point, and a field with a densely patterned vine ground and repets of several different plant, geometric, and animal forms. One of 22 finished batik textiles, together with 14 process samples, made by prisoners in Java for exhibition at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Purchased by the US National Museum for the Division of Textiles from the Netherlands East Indies Commission at the close of the Exposition.