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kain batik
Textile

kain batik

c. 1975

A batik kain in indigo and brown with white dots. The pattern consists of parallel and alternating rows of pointed dark and light roundels, one containing a symmetrical design of leaves and tendrils a...

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batik painting
Textile

batik painting

late 20th Century

A hand drawn batik of two heads in a square form with prominent ears, including spiral details, in green, yellow, orange and brown with back borders. It has a cracked wax central background and white ...

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kain batik
Textile

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...

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kain
Textile

kain

late 20th Century

A black and white batik kain (waist wrapper) in a fan and shell design set against an overall repeat oval pattern, with elongated diamond borders. An added metalic gutta (raised gold-coloured overlay)...

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Textile

kain and selendang

late 20th Century

A black and white batik selendang (shawl) in a fan and shell design set against an overall repeat oval pattern, with elongated diamond borders. An added metalic gutta (raised gold-coloured overlay) ha...

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batik sampler
Textile

batik sampler

late 20th Century

A batik tulis sampler showing forty different motifs or designs with their names beneath in indigo on white. Thirty-nine of these are in Indonesian or Javanese. The designs include a dragon in a char...

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