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Batik pattern: Trenggiling mentik
This patched pattern is called Trenggiling mentik. It is the name of a kind of centipede, which curls up into a little ball when touched. The centipede shown here on the canvas resembles the insect shown in the pattern of 847-21. The rest of the pattern consists of brown finials with white sepals on a blue background. The border is called Sirapan sawut. These are striped roof tiles and the pattern…
Type of item
- Object Type: swatch
- swatch
- Swatch
Date
- voor 1891
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1891/1891
Provenance
- 1891-09-09
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/674271
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