Works

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Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom, with two figures in a garden or forest

1362-1422

cotton with indigo dye, hand-drawn tulis batik

Accession no: 20083A32
Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom, with two related geometric floral designs in three panels

1600-1700

cotton, mordant dye, woodblock

Accession no: 20103A11
Ceremonial cloth depicting Dutch royal coat of arms and floral motifs

1850-1900

cotton, factory print

Accession no: 20083A79
Ceremonial cloth (geringsing pepare) or wrap cloth (kampuh)

1800-50 or earlier

handpsun cotton, natural dyes, paper-wrapped thread with traces of gold leaf, double ikat weaving

Accession no: 747A70
Ceremonial cloth (kumo)

c.1965

abaca, natural dyes, warp ikat

Accession no: 20124A39
Ceremonial cloth (palepai), with two ships

1800-25 or earlier

cotton, natural dyes, metallic thread made with wrapped paper (heavily worn), supplementary weft weave

Accession no: 747A114
Ceremonial cloth with gold leaf (kain prada), with 'double garuda wings' (sawat) motif

1880-1900

cotton, natural dye, cap hand-print batik with gold leaf

Accession no: 20087A114
Ceremonial drape (kain bersurat), with Islamic calligraphy and bird calligrams

1900-40

cotton, natural dyes, tulis hand drawn batik

Accession no: 20103A18
Ceremonial drape (kain bersurat), with Islamic calligraphy and bird calligrams

1900-40

cotton, natural dye, tulis hand drawn batik

Accession no: 20124A20
Ceremonial drape (kain bersurat), with Islamic calligraphy and bird calligrams

1950-70

cotton, dye, tulis hand drawn batik

Accession no: 20004A114
Ceremonial drape (kain bersurat), with Islamic calligraphy and bird calligrams

1950-75

cotton, dye, tulis hand drawn batik

Accession no: 20124A10
Ceremonial drape (kain bersurat), with Islamic calligraphy and bird calligrams

1950-70

cotton, dye, tulis hand drawn batik

Accession no: 20004A113
Ceremonial drape (kain bersurat), with Islamic calligraphy and Zulfikar sword

1900-40

cotton, natural dye, tulis hand drawn batik, metallic thread

Accession no: 20124A21
Ceremonial drape (kain bersurat), with rhombic geometric motif suggesting Islamic calligraphy

1900-50

cotton, natural dye, tulis hand drawn batik, metallic thread

Accession no: 20124A23
Ceremonial drape (kain bersurat), with scimitar crossed swords

1900-40

cotton, natural dye, tulis hand-drawn batik

Accession no: 20124A22
Ceremonial ewer, with makara monster spout

1850-1900

copper, gilt, silver, inlaid with semi-precious stones

Accession no: 947A33
Ceremonial food tray

1800-1900

brass, copper, repoussé, etched and moulded decoration

Accession no: 20194A89
Ceremonial garment (sarong) with double deltoid (tumpal) panel and floral bouquet motif

1850-1925

cotton, dye, factory print

Accession no: 20083A21
Ceremonial hanging (lamak) with ‘cili’ goddess or Dewi Sri

1900-75

ink, pigments on cotton

Accession no: 20214A12
Ceremonial helmet

1875-1900

lacquer, feathers, pearls, gilded and inlaid metal, fabric

Accession no: 20054A20
Ceremonial jacket (baju), assembled with Indian and Javanese patchwork textiles

1800-1900

cotton, dyes, block-printed mordant dyes, tulis hand batik, silk with embroidery, hand- and machine-stitching

Accession no: 20205A59
Ceremonial jacket (baju telepok), with pomegranate motif

1750-1800

cotton, mordant print with resist dye, woodblock print, gold leaf, hand-stitched

Accession no: 20133A62
Ceremonial jacket (kelambi), with miniature bird motif

1875-1925

handspun cotton with natural dyes, European velvet with synthetic dyes, warp ikat and plain weave, shell buttons, trade beads, hand-stitching

Accession no: 20193A63
Ceremonial Object

c.1940s

natural ochres on carved wood

Accession no: AA643
Ceremonial scarf or chest cloth (geringsing), with uncut continuous warp threads

1980-90

handspun cotton, natural dyes, double ikat weave

Accession no: 20063A56