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Cotton cloth with batik designs in green, black and red; printed patterns are off-register
Batik
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Batik

Maker Javanese
Datelate 20th century
Place of originJava, Indonesia
MediumCotton factory made cloth with synthetic dye
Dimensions7 ft. 8 in. × 41 in. (233.7 × 104.1 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Marian Davis
Object number2016.38.13
Collections
Visual Descriptioncotton cloth with batik designs in green, black and red; printed patterns are off-register
Cotton cloth with batik designs in orange, black and gold; printed patterns are off-register
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