Batik kain
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Object Details
- Collector
- Dr. Ann Dunham
- Donor Name
- Maya Soetoro-Ng
- Sheer cotton fabric, batik dyed. White, orange-brown, and black parang (diagonal sword) pattern. Ends have borders, a band of white with bird (?) motif, and elongated triangles. Ends cut / unhemmed. Stamp on one corner: "batik Sidomukti, Indonesia" Bron Solyom (see accession file, inventory list with photos) describes this as "batik kain, parang rusak tumpal, thin fabric".
- It is unknown exactly where this item was made or collected, but most likely was on Java, where Dunham lived and worked
- Record Last Modified
- 16 May 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Javanese
- Accession Date
- 17 May 2017
- Accession Number
- 2077623
- USNM Number
- E434752-0
- Object Type
- Textile
- Length
- 280 cm
- Width
- 85 cm
- Place
- Java (not certain), Indonesia
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_13001695
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35f61ec2b-af9f-4351-b91e-faf4ee35e1ae
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