skirt; textile

Rectangular skirt cloth, sarung, unsewn, of cream cotton textile decorated with one-sided batik. The patterning in red on a cream ground shows Chinese and European influence. Blue details have been added in the 'colet' technique. The 'papan' panel to the left of the tumpal triangular motifs is missing. The textile has a cream coloured ribbon sewn along one of the longer sides. The other 3 sides have wide hems sewn by hand. The incomplete 'kepala' panel consists of the tumpal with its dentate motifs either side of a red ground decorated with small floral motifs. The triangles also each contain floral motifs and a rectangular motif. This is framed by a narrow border which contains an undulating line with small floral motifs which also runs along one longer side. The 'papan' panel has been subdivided by diagonals containing linked diamond motifs and has scalloped edges. Each section contains a foliate motif with seeds resembling oak leaves. This is separated form the main body of the cloth ('badan') by a stripe containing a wider undulating line with floral motifs. The ' badan' panel is decorated with floral motifs arranged in rows interspersed with smaller floral motifs and 2 different bird motifs. The textile is worn and badly torn, and has been darned with different coloured threads in several places.