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Headcloth (Iket Kepala)
Late 19th century
- Medium
- Cotton, plain weave; hand-drawn wax resist dyed (batik tulis)
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 106.8 × 106.5 cm (42 × 42 in.)
- Culture
- Java
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
- Credit line
- Gift of Guy H. Mitchell
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Here is another variant of the semen design favored at the central Javanese courts. The bodies of large-winged birds, referring to Garuda, along with smaller birds, fruit, and flowers, are arranged radially against a ground of finely dotted foliage and vines. The palette is dominated by the characteristic reddish-brown soga dye, made from the bark of the soga tree.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
