Sample of first wax drawing on cotton cloth; step three in the Javanese batik process, 1915.
date: label: date made
content: 1914-1915
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of first wax drawing of the design outline on cotton cloth; step three in the Javanese batik process, 1915. Approximately 10" x 12"; has a central butterfly motif surrounded by scrolling ferns and curlicues; with four outer borders.. Third in a set of 14 process samples together with 22 finished items made by prisoners in Java for display at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Purchased by the US National Museum for the Division of Textiles from the Netherlands East Indies Commission at the close of the Exposition.
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.T02908.000
label: catalog number
content: T02908.000
label: accession number
content: 59191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Printing Process, Batik
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample, batik process
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton, wax (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; tjanting batik (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 12 in; 25.4 cm x 30.48 cm