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

Not on view
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.
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.