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Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarong)circa 1910

On view:
David Geffen Galleries, Indonesian Batiks and Cultural Exchange
Horizontal textile with a red left panel bearing a large botanical and bird motif, and a navy-blue right field with two registers of embroidered birds, human figures, and plants in red-orange and gold, with a band of text along the lower edge
Title
Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarong)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Batang
Date Made
circa 1910
Period
20th century
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist (batik) on machine-woven cotton, natural and synthetic dyes
Dimensions
41 1/2 x 80 1/4 in. (105.4 x 203.7 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.259
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.