EditorialKris of a high-ranking dignitary, Sumatran kris with sheath, Sumatran kris with a corrugated blade adorned by the pamor technique and embossed with gold: diamond-shaped pattern of the crowned naga, the top of the blade ( ganja) is decorated with a myth...
EditorialSelendang (shoulder cloth), Medium: silk Technique: tied resist, stitched resist (tritik), and printed with metallic pigments(prada), Red and green rectangular panel of silk. White rectangular border around the green separates it from the surrounding r...
EditorialSarong, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: weft ikat with supplementary weft, Complete sarong with two heavily brocaded ends showing the tumpal motif, triangles, and a small allover pattern of stars and rosettes. Central section of weft ikat pred...
EditorialSarong, Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Red and blue batik sarong. Shows 'ceplokkan' pattern: flowers or blossoms, symmetrically distributed over surface, stylized, star-like,and contained within a geometric shape. B...
Editorialdrawing, Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet, 1853, chalk, paper, signed, Carrier: 35.2 x 26.6cm (352 x 266mm), Daylight: 34 x 26.2cm (340 x 262mm), With passe-partout: 60 x 42 , 5cm (600 x 425mm), man's portrait, Drawing in black chalk, raised with white, on blu...
EditorialMan's Sarong (Kain Lepas), Sumatra, 19th century, Indonesia, Sumatra, South Sumatra, Palembang, Sumatra, Cotton, gold wrapped silk thread, H x W: 87 x 32 1/2in. (221 x 82.6cm), Textiles-Woven.
EditorialKris of a high-ranking dignitary, Sumatran kris with sheath, Sumatran kris with a corrugated blade adorned by the pamor technique and embossed with gold: diamond-shaped pattern of the crowned naga, the top of the blade ( ganja) is decorated with a myth...
EditorialShoulder Cloth (kain parada), 19th century, Indonesia, Sumatra, Jambi province or Palembang, Indonesia, Cotton, plain weave, hand-drawn resist dyed (batik tulis), hand painted adhesive with applied gold leaf, 203.8 x 80.7 cm (80 1/4 x 31 3/4 in.).
EditorialShoulder Cloth (selendang limar), End of the 19th century, Indonesia, South Sumatra, Palembang area, Indonesia, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, e...