Unsewn cotton tubular skirt cloth, sarung, decorated by means of the hand drawn batik technique. The decoration consists of a 'kepala' panel with a wider 'badan' panel to either side in brown/red and cream with light blue detailing. At top and bottom is a border consisting mainly of undulating foliate bands against a dotted brown and cream ground. Along the centre section of the 'kepala' the border changes to a cream undulating foliate band on a brown ground. The central panel is subdivided into a brown 'tumpal' panel with inward-facing patterned dentate edges. The triangles contain undulating floral motifs in brown on a dotted cream ground. The rectangular 'papan' panels either side consist of a centre panel and a border. The centre panel contains stylised phoenix and lotus motifs in brown with blue detailing on a dotted cream ground. The border consists of cream scrolls with floral motifs on a brown ground. The dotted cream ground of the 'badan' is decorated with alternating floral sprays and phoenix motifs interspersed with small cone motifs.
skirt; textile
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