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Cotton cloth with geometric border motif
Natural-colored cloth with the edge patched with parang motifs. \The parang motif is one of the so-called forbidden motifs. These motifs were prohibited by the sultans of Yogya and Solo for ordinary citizens to wear. Parang means (small) sword, and symbolizes power and growth (McCabe Elliot, 1984:68).
Type of item
- Object Type: skirt
- skirt
- Skirt
Date
- voor 1970
Medium
- Material: cotton
- cotton (fiber)
- Cotton
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1970
Provenance
- 1970-11-12
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/125171
Format
- Technique: batik
- batik
- Batik
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- ambergris
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z