Head cloth (kain kepala)
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A square scarf or headcloth (kain kepala) with design in brown, blue, and white on black ground. Much use of small white dots. Conventionalized bird and animal motifs including "sawat" (wings and tail of Garuda, the mount of Vishnu).
place: label: made in
content: Indonesia
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1937-35-6
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: 105.8 x 107.2 cm (41 5/8 x 42 3/16 in.)