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Susannah Elisabeth Bouwer
Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarung)circa 1910

Not on view
Textile panel with an allover floral design in raspberry pink, sky blue, and dark brown on a cream ground, featuring birds, butterflies, and scattered blossoms

Susannah Elisabeth Bouwer, Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarung), circa 1910 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Inger McCabe Elliott Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Maker
Susannah Elisabeth Bouwer
Indonesia, Java, 1880-1944
Title
Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarung)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Pekalongan
Date Made
circa 1910
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist (batik) on machine-woven cotton, natural dyes, waxed signature
Dimensions
41 3/4 x 79 3/4 in. (106 x 202.5 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.282
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.