# Headcloth (Iket Kepala)

- By: Indonesia, Central Java
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Guy H. Mitchell
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27434)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/74fca60ed801e70c1e57a0ab22b75abf.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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