Waist Wrapper (Sarung), ILE2006.4.346

Title Waist Wrapper (Sarung)
Culture Cirebon
Geography Java, Indonesia
Date late 19th–early 20th century
Medium Cotton; balanced plain weave and hand-drawn batik
Dimensions 74 13/16 × 40 15/16 in. (190 × 104 cm)
Credit Line Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus Collection, Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
Inv. No. ILE2006.4.346
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This cloth shows two large dragons surrounded by plant tendrils, birds, insects, and leaves, dyed brown, red, and blue against a light background. The central head of the cloth (kepala) has light triangles filled with plants against a dark blue ground. —RB