Kain panjang

Title

Kain panjang

Creator

Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing

Year/Period

1948–early 1950s

Region

Pekalongan, Java, Indonesia

Object Type

kain panjang, waistcloths

Material

cotton (textile), synthetic dye

Technique

dyeing

Dimension

Object size: 107.5 x 261.6 cm,
Object size: 108.0 x 263.0 cm

Accession No.

2024-00381

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the family of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This kain panjang (skirt cloth) is decorated with a buketan (bouquet) motif. The white background is set within scalloped borders of blue and white flowers. It is signed “Nj: Oeij Kok Sing Pek:”. Oeij is the historical Dutch spelling for Oey, a Chinese Indonesian surname of Hokkien origin.Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing was a second-generation batik maker in Pekalongan. She began to produce high quality batiks in the 1920s. Her batiks from the 1930s reveal great technical virtuosity and a creative use of colour, made possible by synthetic dyes from Europe. After the Second World War, her daughter Jane Hendromartono (1924–1988) took over the family batik business.