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batik Banyumasan
early 21st Century
A blue (indigo?) kain batik tulis with foliage and flowers in yellow, black, red, green, white and brown. There are repeated dots on the leaves.
lurik
late 20th Century
A blue-black and white striped cotton weave with tied fringing. This is known as lurik; lurik may be plain black or plain white or a combination, as in this case. This one is woven in wider bands ca...
batik fabric
1950-1973
A Pesisir or coastal batik, in black, white, blue, tan and pink. Design includes ornate birds, flowers and a zig zag border. This may be the Buketan pattern influenced by Dutch/European design.
batik shirt length
late 20th - early 21st Century
A shirt length of batik 'cap' (block print) on silk, in maroon and yellow on white in a lattice pattern with larger motifs in diamonds in the central areas. A missed pattern match is evident. The dif...
kain batik
c. 2008
This is a kain batik (hip wrapper made of batik). This black and white batik is 'tulis' (hand drawn) and consists of diagonal stripes featuring three different alternating patterns in black, yellow an...
batik Magelang
early 21st century
A batik cap in black (indigo) with an all over design of white stylised flower and leaf designs and stupa dome motifs, incorporating red, green and turquoise. Tendrils create a criss-cross design. The...
kain batik
late 20th Century
A batik with a geometric design of repeat diamond shaped flower heads, or ceplok motifs, with smaller flowers surrounding. The dominant colour is brown with a background of black or indigo, and some s...
slendang
1980-1983
A tie-dyed textile for a shawl (slendang) with a central blue section and border. This may have been dyed twice, once for purple/maroon colour as the base and the second time for the central blue sect...
jarik batik or 'Pagi Sore'
late 20th Century
A 'jarik' batik (a large waist cloth) in the very early stages of production with the first application of a design in wax, before the dyeing and further wax applications have taken place. It is a 'Pa...
batik jarik
before 1984
This is a 'jarik' (large waist cloth usually measuring about 2.5m x 1.0m) which had just been completed when it was purchased in Wiro village, Bayat, district of Klaten, Central Java. The design of ...
unfinished jarik batik
1984
This piece is at an intermediate stage of production, with the outline complete and several colours already applied. Some sections have been rewaxed for further dyeing in due course. Navy, blue and pu...