Waist Wrapper (Sarung), ILE2006.4.363

Title Waist Wrapper (Sarung)
Culture Pekalongan
Geography Java, Indonesia
Date ca. 1880
Medium Cotton; balanced plain weave and hand-drawn batik
Dimensions 75 3/16 × 41 3/4 in. (191 × 106 cm)
Credit Line Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus Collection, Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
Inv. No. ILE2006.4.363
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The main field of this textile has quadrupeds (deer, hares, and lions), birds, and flowers, dyed red, blue, and black on a white ground. The head (kepala) at one end has white and blue triangles against a black background. The triangles are filled with flowers, and the background has small red and white stars. —RB