Mengungkap Pola Nitik Dalam Wastra Batik Art Icons of Art highlights Indonesia’s

Icons of Art highlights Indonesia’s long-standing connections with global trade networks

picturesque villages and markets and especially the diverse inhabitants of the Dutch East Indies

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Selain potret keluarga kerajaan

from Goa and Bombay in India

Mengungkap Pola Nitik Dalam Wastra Batik Art Icons of Art highlights Indonesia’sNitik is a decorative type of ceplokan composed of fine lines, small blocks, rectangles, and fine dots that at first glance resemble weaving. The nitik decoration is influenced by patola cloth, a double ikat weave made from silk from India. In the Javanese palace, this cloth is called cinde, it is a favorite cloth in the palace, worn by kings and nobles on special occasions, and also by bedaya ketawang dancers (a sacred bedaya dance in the palace).