Javanese batik slendang or shoulder cloth, ca. 1914
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1914
notes: label: Description
content: Javanese batik slendang or shoulder cloth, ca. 1914. 96" L x 20" W length of cotton cloth with a batik design in blue and brown. Elongated central diamond in off-white, dark field, inner borders of wavy line with groups of dots; imitation fringe outer borders. Sometimes translated as a shawl or scarf, this textile could be worn by a Javanese woman as a wrapped upper body garment, or used as a carrying cloth.
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.T04324.000
label: catalog number
content: T04324.000
label: accession number
content: 67243
objectType: label: Object Name
content: slendang, batik
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 96 in x 20 in; 243.84 cm x 50.8 cm