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Woman's Hip Wrapper (Kain Panjang Pagi-Sore)circa 1950

Not on view
Horizontal batik or printed textile with two diagonal decorative fields on a golden-brown ground, one with scattered tulip and iris motifs in coral and lavender, the other with large rose clusters in salmon pink and blue forget-me-nots, framed by a slate-blue scrolling border
Batik textile with golden-ochre ground densely patterned with tulips and butterflies in pink, peach, and purple, with fine stippled dot-work filling the background; a contrasting brown polka-dot border visible at upper right.

Unknown, Woman's Hip Wrapper (Kain Panjang Pagi-Sore), circa 1950, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Inger McCabe Elliott Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Hip Wrapper (Kain Panjang Pagi-Sore)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Kudus
Date Made
circa 1950
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist on cotton
Dimensions
41 3/4 x 99 5/8 in. (106.05 x 253.05 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.434
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.