Accession No

2004.43


Description

Selendang. A long rectangular batik cloth of cream cotton. It has a brown and black swirling foliate design and wing-like shapes, possibly birds, in the centre. Band of geometric patterns around the border.


Place

Asia; South East Asia; Indonesia; Java; Yogyakarta; Yogya


Period


Source

Bowmer, John [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

2004.43; 37 [Bowmer coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cotton; Cloth; Pigment


Local Term

Selendang


Measurements

49mm x 210mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Donor’s catalogue card reads: ‘Batik Slendang 37 INDONESIA Yogyakarta Brown, white, blue. Cheap (Sido Asih)? Cap Design. Purchased Yogya [19]74/75 Rp 500?’
Event Date 23/11/2007
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Batik cloth. The design is in white, black and brown. Floral design with repeat pattern of wing-like shapes. Geometric pattern border around the edge.
Event Date 23/11/2007
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Selendang. A long rectangular batik cloth of cream cotton. It has a brown and black swirling foliate design and wing-like shapes, possibly birds, in the centre. Band of geometric patterns around the border.
Event Date 26/7/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller


Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5990 | Freezing
Event Date 2/8/2024
Author: Anne Doering


FM:265273

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