Unknown Artist
- Title
- shouldercloth ('slendang')
- Place of origin
-
Cirebon →
Java →
Indonesia
- Cultural origin
- Peranakan Chinese people
- Year
- 20th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- silk, natural dyes; batik
- Dimensions
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51.4 x 285.0cm [weft x warp]
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Alex Biancardi 2000
- Accession number
- 258.2000
- Copyright
- © Copyright reserved
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This example of Javanese silk shoulder cloth is typical of the cloths made or ordered by the Chinese Javanese, which were also exported to Bali, Sumatra and the Malay peninsula. Its fluid organic design of phoenix, bird and plant motifs is typically Peranakan Chinese, drawing inspiration from sources as varied and 'exotic' as porcelain bowls, lidded boxes and Chinese embroideries.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, August 2000
