Accession No
2004.69
Description
Selendang. Woven cloth used for entering Balinese temples. Tie-dye design, using the Pelangi technique; blue ground with white, orange and purple designs. Regular repeat pattern of white circles; some white ovals with orange and purple centres in floral pattern. The two ends are dyed orange.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Bali
Period
Source
Bowmer, John [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2004.69; 15 [Bowmer coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cotton; Cloth; Pigment
Local Term
Selendang
Measurements
44mm x 143mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Woven cloth. Tie-dye design in blue, white, orange and purple. Regular repeat pattern of white circles against a blue background highlighted with orange and purple. The two ends are dyed orange.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Donor’s catalogue card reads: ‘Slendang - Pelangi technique I/12 15 INDONESIA Bangli, Bali. Cloth design in red, blue and white. Pelangi method of dying. Cloth used tied round waist for entering Balinese temples. Purchased Bali, 1975/6. +/- Rp 1000.’
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Selendang. Woven cloth used for entering Balinese temples. Tie-dye design, using the Pelangi technique; blue ground with white, orange and purple designs. Regular repeat pattern of white circles; some white ovals with orange and purple centres in floral pattern. The two ends are dyed orange.
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:265300
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