Slendang (Shoulder Cloth)

1800s-early 1900s Overall: 284.4 x 55.9 cm (111 15/16 x 22 in.) Source image
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Chinese people living in the coastal cities of northern Java made and traded silk batiks like this one. The silk was imported from China, and the motifs were always Chinese. The "luk wan" bird, a variation of the Chinese phoenix that occurs on this shoulder cloth, was one of t...

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