Made for European Trade by Prisoners in Java
Batik Production in the Women’s Prisons of Semarang and Yogyakarta in the Early Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21787963 |
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| Authors | Jessica Hemmings (0000-0002-7517-6102, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-203 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern Craft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6772 • E-ISSN: 1749-6780 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496772.2025.2580828 |
| OpenAlex | W4416300279 |
| Language | EN |
The Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam, holds a group of batik textiles that include book covers, a tea cosy, a handkerchief and head wraps. Matched to strikingly similar batik textiles held in the Smithsonian Institute collection, these items can be attributed to the prison labor of women during Dutch colonial rule of the Indonesian island of Java in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Architectural and Urban Studies · Asian Studies and History · Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia
| Highly cited | No |
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