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Unknown Artist
- Title
- Batik with wayang design
- Place of origin
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Indonesia
- Year
- circa 1900
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- silk
- Dimensions
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49.7 x 152.4cm
- Credit
- Gift of Dr John Yu and Dr George Soutter 2005
- Accession number
- 215.2005
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Across both Java and Bali gods, heroes and demons are all depicted in what has become the distinct and internationally recognized central Indonesian wayang mode: heads in profile with elongated facial features, elaborate headdresses, bodies twisted; and disproportionately long, segmented arms.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 2006
- Exhibition history (1)
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Symbols and Ceremonies: Indonesian Textile Traditions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Apr 2006–28 May 2006.
