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Indigo batik breast cloth with geometric white figures/lines
This batik cloth was commissioned in Java for Sahu, because of the specific diagonal motifs. The cloth was cut lengthwise in half and sewn. The half cloth is then folded in half lengthwise and worn as a 'sash' (selendang) or breast cloth by unmarried young men, or those younger in the genealogical order, over the right shoulder diagonally to left hip. Unmarried or genealogically younger women wear…
Type of item
- Object Type: fabric
- fabric fragment
- Textile
Date
- 1975/1985
Medium
- Material: cotton
- cotton (fiber)
- Cotton
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1975
- 1975/1985
Provenance
- 2015-04-15
- Aankoop
Identifier
- 7038-10b
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/1030217
Format
- Technique: weaving techniques
- textile techniques
- Weave
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- batik
Year
- 1975
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z