Title
Hanging or partition cloth
Year/Period
First half of the 20th century (before 1940)
Region
West Java, Indonesia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 328.0 x 78.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-01010
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A.C.R. van der Mandele-Vermeer. Presented to the ACM by the City of Delft, Netherlands.
Kain Gubah or Kain Kasang are warp ikat textiles made of rough hand spun cotton. This textile is decorated with different geometric patterns such as rhombuses, triangles and lines arranged in horizontal bands. These patterns were achieved using warp threads in various shades of brown and blue. In the Javanese context, these textiles were used as movable walls or screens that demarcate spaces for private or ceremonial use. Such textiles are similar to cotton warp ikat textiles used in central Sulawesi in terms of its design, colour and ceremonial function.
