Head cloth (kain kepala)
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Square textile (may be a head cloth or 'kain kepala') with symmetrical "mirong" motif (wings of Garuda, mount of Vishnu) on ground covered with crayfish, birds, etc. In beige with blue crackle on dark blue ground. Narrow border on four sides: plain cloth selvedges on two and the other two are handhemmed.
place: label: made in
content: Indonesia
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-90-20
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Head cloth (kain kepala)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 100.3 x 100.3 cm (39 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.)