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Head cloth

Indonesian (Javanese) (Surakarta)

Medium/Technique Cotton batik
Dimensions 103 x 105 cm (40 9/16 x 41 5/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 1.05 x 1.03
Credit Line Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.761
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionPrinted by the reserve process and often called batik. Dark blue ground surrounded by a border with a scrolling vine with an inner border of strange figures printed with neutral orange and light neutral orange.
Provenance1921, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: April 21, 1921)