Batik napkin
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Object Details
- Collector
- Dr. Ann Dunham
- Donor Name
- Maya Soetoro-Ng
- Small square of cotton batik fabric. Black with light brown and white, pattern of circles and flowers(?) on grid. Wide black borders. Machine-sewn hems.
- It is unknown exactly where this item was made or collected, but Bron Solyom notes that this particular napkin is "Yogya[karta] style", and she guesses that the set of purses, napkins, and cards (E434754 - E434761) are all from Sri Kusumabrata, in Yogyakarta (see accession file, page 11 "small items")
- Record Last Modified
- 16 May 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Javanese
- Accession Date
- 17 May 2017
- Accession Number
- 2077623
- USNM Number
- E434758-0
- Object Type
- Napkin
- Length
- 29 cm
- Width
- 29 cm
- Place
- Yogyakarta (not certain), Java, Indonesia
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_13001710
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3873f52ea-06f8-47b9-b122-73320e195de1
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