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Jawa Hokokai batik tulis from Pekalongan, densely patterned with flowers and butterflies

Kain Jawa Hokokai

IDR 9,200,000

Hokokai was drawn during the Japanese occupation when cloth was scarce, so a single length was worked on both halves and could be worn two ways. The density is a record of that scarcity.

Provenance

RegionPekalongan
ProvinceCentral Java
TechniqueTulis, Hand-drawn with canting
MaterialKatun primissima
Dyesynthetic
Size250 x 105 cm
StockOne of one
SKUPKL-001
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Workshop identity is held privately. Region, technique, and dye are recorded for every piece.

Reference photograph, not stock in hand. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0