1,286 torthaí laistigh de Ábhar Batik

This patched pattern is called Belah ketupat, cut triangular rice cakes. This pattern consists of squares enclosed by blue lines, each divided into two triangles. One part is brown with white scales and the other part is blue with a brown figure. The bord…

This patched pattern is called Teluki cendol (Carnations) and newly hatched birds. Besides the Carnations and the birds we also see frogs. All these figures are brown and blue in color, set against a white background. The border is called Untu walang, a w…

This hip cloth was made in batik shop ÒThe Tjieh SingÓ of Mrs. Yap's grandmother.Ó The batik shop was called Batikhandel Ngabean and this lady won a prize for finely stamped batik at the Yogyakarta Annual Fair. (source: News of the Day, July 28, 1928)

This hip cloth comes from the batik factory of Nj. Tjoa Sing Kwat. It is rubbed with wax scrape shiny (digarus) by means of a shell. \These smooth cloths were a wedding gift. The cloth has not yet been sewn into a sarong, so it has not yet been worn. Such…

One-sided patched cotton cloth for a sarong. The cloth originates from the Coromandel coast, South India and was imported during the time of the VOC.\ The cloth has a typical Indonesian layout, such as a 'badan' (middle section) and 'kepala…

This geometric sarong was meant for European or Indo- women, which can be concluded from the motives but also from the length of the skirt which is several centimeters longer than the average pencil skirt from Indonesia.

A wrapskirt with different motives that together are known as semèn. The semèn-motif is a set of symbolic motifs that refer to the meaning of the word: 'sprout', or 'grow'. This motif contains so much symbolism that it stands for both fert…

Natural-colored cloth with the edge patched with parang motifs. \The parang motif is one of the so-called forbidden motifs. These motifs were prohibited by the sultans of Yogya and Solo for ordinary citizens to wear. Parang means (small) sword, and symbol…

Woman's Wear.

Batik on cotton.

Batik on cotton with gold decoration (prada).

A tubular cloth made of woven cotton. The pattern of this tubular cloth consists of wide, intersecting white bands and red diamonds. The crosswise bands are decorated with block-like figures. These figures include eight-leaf flowers and hook-shaped motifs…

The koker cloth has a black head, the kepala. It is a broad band that interrupts the main pattern of the sarong. The badan is the main patterned area and consists of slanted bands alternately filled with a stylized machete, parang, floral pattern and conc…

The cloth has a pattern on a blue background. The head of the cloth, the kepala (a broad band that interrupts the main pattern of the cloth), in the middle of the cloth is black in color with white and brown flowers. The triangles in the kepala and the tw…

The hip cloth is patterned with a blue background and consists of brown four-petaled flowers within two types of checks: a white and a blue check. Each diamond is surrounded by brown and white chain borders. The white squares are connected by brown four-p…

Lokcan is a type of batiked silk, with decorative patterns similar to those of the north coast of Java. Mainly used in the Chinese community. The most common format is that of the selendang (shoulder cloth). From the late 19th century onwards, silk batiks…

Lokcan is a type of batiked silk, with decorative patterns similar to those of the north coast of Java. Mainly used in the Chinese community. The most common format is that of the selendang (shoulder cloth). From the late 19th century onwards, silk batiks…

Patched sarong with motifs of birds and flowers, including chrysanthemums and lotus flowers. The long triangles (the 'kepala' = head of the cloth) represent stylized bamboo shoots and are inscribed with Chinese flower vases with flowers, birds and…

The name of this patched pattern is Nagasari ('flowers of the Nagasari Acacia Farnesiana Willd'). The pattern consists entirely of nagasari flowers in diamonds on a blue background. The border is called Untu walang: interlocking triangular teeth.

This patched pattern is called Udan riris (liris) which means 'drizzle'. The pattern consists of four bands of parang roesak klitik pattern (pattern of destroyed choppers in a small size), separated by chain-link bands; bands filled with circles a…

The name of this patched pattern is Rujak sente ('salad of unripe sente tubers' (Alocasia macrorhiza Achott)). The pattern consists of eight slanted white bands filled with parang (machete) dots, leaf tendrils or vertical stripes and incidentally …

This patched pattern is called Trenggiling mentik. It is the name of a kind of centipede, which curls up into a little ball when touched. The centipede shown here on the canvas resembles the insect shown in the pattern of 847-21. The rest of the pattern c…