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Altar Cloth (Tokwi)circa 1930

Not on view
Embroidered red textile panel with a circular green medallion at center, featuring a scaly mythical creature in silver, pink, and ivory, surrounded by dragons, phoenixes, and cloud motifs
Title
Altar Cloth (Tokwi)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Pekalongan
Date Made
circa 1930
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist on machine-woven cotton; synthetic dyes
Dimensions
39 3/8 x 41 in. (100.01 x 104.14 cm
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.445
Classification
Textiles
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.