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
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 |