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Cotton wrapskirt with motives that refer to fertility and the Javanese world order
A wrapskirt with different motives that together are known as semèn. The semèn-motif is a set of symbolic motifs that refer to the meaning of the word: 'sprout', or 'grow'. This motif contains so much symbolism that it stands for both fertility and the Javanese belief in a cosmic order (McCabe Elliot, 1984:68).‖ This cloth depicts wings and pavilions.
Type of item
- Object Type: skirt
- skirt
- Skirt
Date
- voor 1970
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1970
Provenance
- 1970-11-12
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/125170
Format
- Technique: batik
- batik
- Batik
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- ambergris
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z