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Man's Ceremonial Head Cloth (Iket Kepala Prada Setangan, Destar)circa 1880

On view: David Geffen GalleriesIndonesian Batiks and Cultural Exchange
Square textile with concentric geometric fields: teal-and-gold vine border surrounding a maroon field with allover gold and teal rosettes, centering on a crimson diamond filled with navy and red interlocking medallions
Textile with deep red field filled with a dense repeating lattice of quatrefoil medallions in red, navy, and teal; wide teal border with fine floral meander pattern in gold and blue; decorative corner blocks at all four edges.

Unknown, Man's Ceremonial Head Cloth (Iket Kepala Prada Setangan, Destar), circa 1880, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Man's Ceremonial Head Cloth (Iket Kepala Prada Setangan, Destar)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Lasem
Date Made
circa 1880
Medium
Stamped wax resist (batik) on machine-woven cotton, natural and synthetic dyes and applied gold leaf
Dimensions
35 3/8 × 36 1/4 in. (89.85 × 92.08 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.74.18.1
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.