Photo of collection object Javanese batik-workers — Tharle-Hughes, Elfrida. Javanese batik-workers, 1923. Width: 43.2 cm Height: 35 cm. Given by the artist, IM.47-1928. arr.

Javanese batik-workers

1923

Tharle-Hughes, Elfrida

SSEA

The picture depicts the interior of a workshop, with eleven Javanese women seated on the ground drawing by hand the patterns on cotton cloths supported on bamboo stands. In the foreground are colour bowls [bowls of colours?], implements, and a wax-heating stove used in the batik process.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Tharle-Hughes, Elfrida
Classification: Painting
Medium: pencil, watercolour, paper, painted
Locations: : Yogyakarta
Dimensions: Width: 43.2 cm Height: 35 cm
Departments: SSEA
Accession Number: IM.47-1928
Credit Line: Given by the artist
Rights Statement: arr
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