Blue Java Batik Silk Shawl Pewter 5 M 36 / 91

5 M 36 / 91

Beautiful brass and colorful beads decorate this mask

now runs his own home workshop near the craft market of his island village

rainbow moonstone and iolite

Blue Java Batik Silk Shawl Pewter 5 M 36 / 91Classic Javanese batik patterns are stamped by hand in mesmerizing shades of black, gray, and green. Designed by Yuni Kristina, the patterns include the parang, or dagger, once exclusive to the courts of Surakarta and Jogyakarta. Formerly reserved for the sultan's use, flowers and the kawung, an eight pointed rosette set within a square, rhombus, or circle, complement the parang. Each motif is created by hand, as evidenced by the occasional pencil