The second piece, also of natural dyes and depicting repeating scenes, can be dated to a similar period ca.1900. Two cranes, one significantly larger than the other, perch peacefully on calm pond waters interspersed with water lilies and long stems of flowering plants, under a flying bird. This design also became popular with nyonyas later on, although this piece was likely to belong to a Dutch Eurasian lady. Batik belanda was popular with Eurasians in the Dutch East Indies from the mid 19th century, (2) and later with nyonyas as well. They were made mainly between 1840-1940. Peranakan ladies wore batik skirtcloths of two formats: a tubeskirt (kain sarong) or a skirtcloth (kain panjang). These were made mostly by Chinese, Eurasian or Arab batik makers on the north coast of Java (a region known as pasisir) in towns such as Semarang, Lasem, Cirebon, and Pekalongan.
