Usage Examples
Cepuk textile, cotton
Nusapenida - size: 81 x 125 cm
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The textiles shown here were produced in the Palace of Buleleng and some in Jembrana Regency between 1890 and 1920 by noblewomen and were restricted to the nobility.
Cepuk based on Indian double ikat patola prototype cloth. Bali, Indonesia, 1938. Cotton. Cotton; handwoven endek
(weft ikat or tie-dyed, resist patterned) 59 7/ 8 x 32 1⁄4 in. (152 x 82 cm). Courtesy of the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 70.0/8256. Donated by Margaret Mead. The eight-pointed star pattern is called chhabadi bhat in India and jilamprang in Indonesia.
Cepuk Bintang Kurung, Ngurah Hendrawan, dyer, and Ni Gede Diari, weaver, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia, 2017. Cotton, natural dyes; handwoven plain-weave endek (weft ikat or tie-dyed, resist patterned), 95 1⁄4 x 30 3⁄4 in. (242 x 78 cm). Used as protection in toothfiling (potong gigi) ceremonies.
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