Court Cloth Item Number: 2787/23 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Court cloth, decorated using batik and tritik stitch resist or "kain kembangan" techniques. An outer brown, black and cream patterned batiked border includes a four petalled flower on each of the four corners.Tiny pulled-stitch bundles and an oblong of repeated white leaf motifs (the result of unstitched tritik bundles) decorate the central burgundy-red panel which is framed with a thin border of white tritik (also known as terikit).
History Of Use
Part of court costume known as 'dodot'.
Item History
- Made in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
- Owned by Mieneke Mees before February 23, 2010
- Received from Mieneke Mees (Donor) on February 23, 2010
What
- Name
- Court Cloth
- Identification Number
- 2787/23
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 178.5 cm, width 33.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Javanese
- Previous Owner
- Mieneke Mees
- Received from
- Mieneke Mees (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 23, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on February 23, 2010
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2787/0023