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Woman's Hip Wrappercirca 1950

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Horizontal textile panel with two color zones: a dense blue-gray dotted field on the left and a golden-amber ground on the right, decorated with repeating tall branching plants bearing blue berry clusters and flying swallow silhouettes, framed by a scalloped blue-gray border
Woven textile panel with a dense repeating pattern of slender golden-brown branches, buds, and small blue leaves on a deep indigo ground; small blue birds in flight appear near the upper edge; a golden border with geometric and floral motifs frames the left side.
Title
Woman's Hip Wrapper
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Pekalongan
Date Made
circa 1950
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist on cotton
Dimensions
77 9/16 x 42 9/16 in. (197 x 108 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.68
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.