Half of a batik sarong, Java, ca. 1914
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1914
notes: label: Description
content: Half of a batik sarong, Java, ca. 1914. One of two identical halves of a batik sarong. Plain weave cotton, patterned with wax-resist dyeing. Field pattern of interlocking swastika fretwork, on a diagonal grid, with small repeating insect motifs in squares made by the grid. Probably a block or tjap batik. Triple end borders: narrow scrolling flowering stem; wider scrolling flowering stem; tumpal (elongated triangles) with narrow side borders of scrolling flowering stems. Brown and blue on off-white. Each half is 36" L x 41" W.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Indonesia: Javanese
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Javanese Batiks
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04323.00A
label: catalog number
content: T04323.00A
label: accession number
content: 67243
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sarong half, Batik
label: Object Name
content: sarong half, batik
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 41 in; 91.44 cm x 104.14 cm