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Batik sample

Indonesian (Javanese)
Dutch colonial rule
Late 19th century
Place of Creation: Surakarta, Java, Indonesia, central

Medium/Technique Cotton, natural dyes; plain weave, hand-drawn (tulis) wax-rsist (batik)
Dimensions 20 x 30 cm (7 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.587
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionSample of cotton batik cloth with design of diagonal bands of "broken dagger" pattern (parang variation) in light brown, dark blue and natural ecru.
Provenance1921, sold by Prince Ario Kusumodiningrat (b. circa 1860), Surakarta, to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1921)