Object Details
- Description
- Batik sarong or wrapper in brown, red, and blue. Central field has patterning of multi-patterned blocks made up of four triangles. Narrow side borders, Kepala with tumpal (opposed elongated triangles) design flanked by floral borders. 83" L x 42" W. One of 22 finished batik textiles, together with 14 process samples, made by prisoners in Java for exhibition at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Purchased by the US National Museum for the Division of Textiles from the Netherlands East Indies Commission at the close of the Exposition. Original cataloging identifies the design as "Aambal kanoman" and gives the price at the fair as 30 F. or $12.00.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1914-1915
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- plain weave, batik (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 83 in x 42 in; 210.82 cm x 106.68 cm
- Object Name
- Fabric, Printed, Batik
- sarong, batik
