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Woman's Head Cloth (Kudung)circa 1910

Not on view
Horizontal textile with dense allover pattern of stylized leaves, paisley forms, and small bird figures in crimson, brick red, burnt orange, and navy blue, with narrow geometric border bands at each short end

Unknown, Woman's Head Cloth (Kudung), circa 1910, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Inger McCabe Elliott Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Head Cloth (Kudung)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, probably Lasem
Date Made
circa 1910
Medium
Hand-drawn and stamped wax resist on machine-woven cotton, synthetic dyes
Dimensions
35 1/4 x 86 in. (89.54 x 218.44 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.21
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.