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, stitching (generic process)

Dimension

Object size: 108 x 258 cm,
Object size: 109.2 x 258.0 cm

Accession No.

2024-00383

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the family of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This kain panjang (skirt cloth) is structured in the pagi sore (morning and evening) format. Both sides feature a buketan (bouquet) design with butterflies and birds, including peacocks at the foot of each bouquet. 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.