Wax pen

Museum number:
18-1533
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001533
Accession number:
Acc.4020
Description:
Textile tool; pen-like, bamboo node handle. Length 8 cm. with a thin copper bowl at the end Length 3 cm. A thin copper tube protrudes from the bottom of the bowl. Used to apply liquid wax to textiles in batik productions.
Donor:
Norma Hill
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Javanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tjantings (wax pens)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wax pen, accession number 18-1533, described as Textile tool; pen-like, bamboo node handle. Length 8 cm. with a thin copper bowl at the end Length 3 cm. A thin copper tube protrudes from the bottom of the bowl. Used to apply liquid wax to textiles in batik productions.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wax pen, accession number 18-1533, described as Textile tool; pen-like, bamboo node handle. Length 8 cm. with a thin copper bowl at the end Length 3 cm. A thin copper tube protrudes from the bottom of the bowl. Used to apply liquid wax to textiles in batik productions.

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