MVC-0376 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Cloth; 106 cm x 106 cm; cotton batik; black background with brown blue and tan and off-white shadow-pupped figures (“nayang kulit”); flower motifs radiating from center motif; border on edges of square in similar colors;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Indonesia
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1960-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman’s wrap-around garment “Probably purchased in Singapore in 1963” fide Kathleen Vitale.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 106 centimeters and width 106 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: uneven coloration of black dye in one corner; wax or other sticky stains on one surface