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 "semen" (non-geometric forms like flora and fauna) design. Featuring "sawat" motif (wings and tail of Garuda, mount of Vishnu), crayfish, birds, etc. in cinnamon brown with a few white accents, dark blue crackles, and all on a very dark blue ground.
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: 1953-90-19
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: 100.4 x 100.2 cm (39 1/2 x 39 3/8 in.)