headcloth

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Geography:

Indonesia, north coast; Java

Culture:

Islamic

Materials:

cotton; commercial cloth

Collection:

The Textile Museum Collection

Accession Number:

1987.26.1

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Holbrook.

Date:

c. 1900;

Public domain

Object Type:

Textile

Dimensions:

95.25 L x 93.98 W cm (37 1/2 L x 37 W in)

Structure:

batik; cap; batik tulis, possibly

Used in:

garment

Bibliography:

Lucien de Guise (Author), "The brush substitute is mightier than the pen", HALI, Hali Publications, London, United Kingdom, 2023, Summer ed., no. 216, p. 99, fig.3-4

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Exhibition History:

Selections from the Textile Museum Collections: Hats, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington DC, June 06, 2022 - June 30, 2023

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