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Kain panjang
Kain panjang
Kain panjang
DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Kain panjang

NameSkirt
Place madeSurakarta, Central Java (Jawa Tengah), Indonesia, Southeast, Asia
MediumCotton
Dimensions97 1/4 × 40 9/16 in. (247 × 103 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Peter Castine, A.2012.37.3
Object numberA.2012.37.3
DescriptionFinely woven chocolate brown, dark blue and cream long cloth, decorated overall with circular and abstract forms. The circular forms enclosign small swagged plant or tiny bird forms. The brown background also completely covered with small spiraling plant tendrils, seeds, birds, etc. The ends have tiny, fine hems, the edges selvaged. SMK handwritten in one corner on cream edge.
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