Waist Wrapper (Sarung), ILE2006.4.345

Title Waist Wrapper (Sarung)
Culture Lasem
Geography Java, Indonesia
Date ca. 1910
Medium Cotton; balanced plain weave and hand-drawn batik
Dimensions 78 3/8 × 40 15/16 in. (199 × 104 cm)
Credit Line Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus Collection, Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
Inv. No. ILE2006.4.345
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The main field of this textile has large blue tendrils and scrolls. Each scroll is filled with a single animal. There are birds, fish, butterflies, and quadrupeds. The bottom edge has a wavy blue border filled with plants. The head (kepala) of the cloth is filled with light blue, white, and red triangles and rectangles arranged in a patchwork pattern. —RB