Title
Breast cloth
Year/Period
First half of the 20th century
Region
Java, Indonesia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 174.0 x 44.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-00984
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Van Riel, Presented to the ACM by the City of Delft, Netherlands
This stitch resist cloth dyed in indigo and red is embellished with gold gilding along the borders. It is a type of cloth called a kemben that was worn by Javanese ladies wrapped around the chest.
