Waist Wrapper (Sarung), ILE2019.12.320

Title Waist Wrapper (Sarung)
Culture Lasem
Geography Java, Indonesia, found in Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Date ca. 1900
Medium Cotton; balanced plain weave and hand‑drawn batik
Dimensions 77 3/16 × 41 5/16 in. (196 × 105 cm)
Credit Line Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus Collection, Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
Inv. No. ILE2019.12.320
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This textile has finely drawn , with the main field (badan) filled with birds, quadrupeds, fish, insects, and delicate flowers. The figures are mainly red and blue, while the ground is white with fine parallel blue lines. The border head (kepala) has white and blue triangles filled with birds and plants, as well as white squares filled with birds and flowers. The colors throughout are red and blue on a light ground. —RB