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Kain panjang (long sarong)

19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Long batik sarong (kain panjang) in dark blue, light brown, and white. Dark blue ground showing numerous white dots known as "gabah sinawur" (grains of rice). The "semen" (curling tendrils and other non-geometric forms) and "sawat" (wings and tail of Garuda, mount of Vishnu) motifs, mountains, and crowns are also used.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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