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Carrying Cloth (Kain Gendongan)circa 1920-circa 1930

Not on view
Horizontal textile with a dark green allover vine-and-flower pattern in the central field, flanked by cobalt blue panels with human figures, enclosed by cream floral border bands

Unknown, Carrying Cloth (Kain Gendongan), circa 1920-circa 1930, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Inger McCabe Elliott Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Carrying Cloth (Kain Gendongan)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Pekalongan
Date Made
circa 1920-circa 1930
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist (batik) on machine-woven cotton, synthetic dyes
Dimensions
33 x 89 1/2 in. (83.8 x 227.3 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.510
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.