Accession No

2004.90


Description

Batik cloth. A rectangular cloth with floral leaf and geometrical lines motifs across the cloth. The background colour is blue for one third of the cloth while the rest is dark red and black. There are patterns of white spots across the whole surface; horizontal white border with tiny vertical red lines.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Indonesia


Period


Source

Bowmer, John [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

2004.90


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cotton; Cloth; Pigment


Local Term


Measurements

1030mm x 2795mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Batik cloth. Floral design repeated over an abstract pattern. Dark blue with black, red, yellow and off-white motifs.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
Java suggested as provenance because all of the provenance batik pieces in the Bowmer collection come from Java.
Event Date 22/03/2005
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Batik cloth. A rectangular cloth with floral leaf and geometrical lines motifs across the cloth. The background colour is blue for one third of the cloth while the rest is dark red and black. There are patterns of white spots across the whole surface; horizontal white border with tiny vertical red lines.
Event Date 1/8/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc


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


FM:265324

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