This Kain Panjang or Jarit is a long piece of cloth made using the batik cap technique. Large stamping blocks made of copper were coated with wax and subsequently used to transfer motifs or patterns onto a piece of fabric. Before stamping, the cotton textiles had to be beaten and processed to ensure that the surface was smooth enough to achieve precisely-printed designs. The production of batik cap was primarily male-dominated and is more cost-efficient than the production of batik tulis (hand-drawn batik). The primary design of this Kain Panjang is known as Ganggong Branta, a floral design based on the Javanese Ganggong plant. This design is constructed based on the combination of a cross and a floral rosette. Women wore the kain panjang as a skirt cloth or hip wrapper. Within the Central Javanese court, key participants of rituals changed into Batik textiles during the most sacred stages of ceremonies to symbolise a state of wholeness and balance.
