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Cotton ship cloth (tampan), with silk embroidered designs across surface. Central design of human-like figures throughout maze-like design, with geometric motifs. Panel bordered on either side with mirrored bands. Bands (from closest to central panel to farthest) are: gold stripes with triangles on either side; blue curvilinear motifs, gold stripes with triangles on either side; concentric diamonds with triangles in the negative space, and gold stripes trimming a zigzag. Long edges are unfinished. Cloth is beige, with embroidered designs done in dark brown-red. Collector's label, with place made, attached to back in top corner.
Skirt composed of a rectangular woven textile sewn along the short ends into a tube, which is then folded back over itself and held in place with a hook closure. The waistband is a solid black, with both a snap closure and hook closure midway down the centre of the band. The upper large area of the textile is composed of alternating vertical panels of Ikat(?) and designs of repeating diamonds. The lower portion of the skirt is composed of horizontal bands.
Long, thin rectangular textile with braided fringe on both short ends. Woven geometric patterns in beige colour on dark red background. Five panels, two with larger designs, and three smaller with repeating diamonds are separated by bright blue bands. Both sides are lined with black.
Long, thin woven textile that is heavily embroidered on one side. Both short edges have twisted fringe. At centre, a wide panel of red and grey, heavily embroidered with beige geometric designs. Along both long edges are smaller grey panels containing large overlapping zigzags, which creates a diamond pattern, with dots within each of the diamonds. There is a thin red band on either side of this panel.
Long, thin woven textile that is heavily embroidered on one side. Both short edges have twisted fringe. At centre, a wide band of red embroidered with beige X designs is flanked by two smaller bands of dark blue. On either side, are dark blue-grey panels each with a row of large embroidered cat-like and double X motifs. Along both sides is a smaller dark grey central panel with repeating embroidered X pattern, with even smaller dark grey panels of embroidered beige zigzags with dots within the spaces. These three small panels are divided by thin bands of solid red flanked by bands of solid dark blue.
Small rectangular woven textile with tassels along both short ends. The embroidered patterns are mirrored on either side of the textile, with an open dark brown-red section at centre. The patterns run horizontally across the textile in bands of repeating geometric patterns - zigzags, chevron, triangles and others.
Long rectangular textile with twenty-one squares of batik patterns or motifs, divided by navy blue bands. Each section is labeled with a name: Romogandrung, Parangsisik, Merakemas, Larasdrijo, Sokorini, Parangkusumo, Semenredjo, Parangbolodewo, Kestubo, Sidomukti, Parangtemplek, Gringsingbintang, Kladukmanis, Uretmanglar, Tjuirilombok, Udanriris, Kudotilarso, Semensawatgurdo, Sidoluhur, Parangbarong, Tjeplokketeblem.
Wooden carving of Rama and Sita (from the Hindu epic the Ramayana). Sita is shown partially sitting in Rama’s lap, turning torso and head to look back at him. Both wear elaborate winged headdresses and embellished clothing with pointed shoulder decoration. The pair kneels on a base of wood carved as natural scenery, rocks, and the suggestion of mountains. The back of the sculpture is carved with less depth than the front and sides, and has fewer embellishments.
Large dish with sloping sides and a slanting foot ring, is almost solely decorated in turquoise blue enamel combined with outlines in black on a thick, opaque white glaze. It is painted in the centre with a large roundel enclosing an Arabic inscription written with the characters forming a spiral, and encircled by double lines. The gently curving cavetto has eight smaller roundels enclosing Arabic inscriptions, alternating with individual words; there are also continuous Arabic inscriptions surround the large central roundel and the rim. The underside is glazed but undecorated.
Large wooden batik textile stamp. The base of the stamp is carved into two lines of four repeating patterns, showing an intricate design of a large oblong flower in the centre surrounded by foliage, and an enclosed border of vines. The top and bottom of the stamp have two straight lines of small dots. The stamp is made out of a thick piece of rectangular wood, with a wide rectangular handle on the centre back attached by nails. The piece shows traces of red dye on its base, sides and handle.