Back

Batik production process in six cloths

Sarong/hip cloths, cloth size 109 cm wide and 207 cm long, cotton with wax applied using the batik tulis and batik cap technique, colored naturally with indigo and mengkudu. Made before 1936.

Stories

  • Batik Cloth From Beginning to End

    story by Sabine Bolk.

    In April 1936, L. A. Driessen, “Dir. der N.V. Leidsche katoenmij” donated these six cloths in different stages of the batik process to the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden.

    Start this story