Title
Batik skirtcloth
Year/Period
1960s
Region
Klaten, Central Java
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 262.4 x 104.2 cm
Accession No.
2010-03484
Collection of
This batik skirtcloth is decorated with fantastic and mythical creatures including highly stylised elephants, giraffes and bats. One of the characteristic of batik from Klaten is its dominant colour of ‘soga’, a brownish hue, which is similar to the batik produced in Surakarta.Klaten, which is situated between two urban centres of Yogyakarta and Surakarta has a reputation as a centre of home industries in the region. Batik and textile productions are among the many homes industries that can be found there.
