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Ceremonial Hip Wrapper (kain panjang)circa 1930

Not on view
Textile panel with an allover repeating pattern of symmetrical stylized birds in rust brown and near-black, interlocked with large ivory circles each containing a four-petaled motif
Title
Ceremonial Hip Wrapper (kain panjang)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Yogyakarta
Date Made
circa 1930
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist (batik) on machine-woven cotton, natural dyes
Dimensions
41 1/8 × 108 3/8 in. (104.46 × 275.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvia, Nanies, and Gordon Bishop
Accession Number
M.77.97
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Heringa, Rens and Veldhuisen, Harmen. Fabric of Enchantment: Batik from the North Coast of Java. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Weatherhill, Inc., 1996.
  • Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt. Textile Traditions of Indonesia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.