Square textile
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cotton square, possibly a head cloth (kain kepala), in dark blue, light brown, and white. Dark blue ground showing numerous white dots known as "gabah sinawur" or 'grains of rice'. The "semen" (curling tendrils and other non-geometric forms) and "sawat" (wings and tail of Garuda, mount of Vishnu) motifs are also used.
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 Alan L. Wolfe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-233-7
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Square textile
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: 102.5 x 101 cm (40 3/8 x 39 3/4 in.)