Indonesian Kain Panjang or Body Cloth

Boldly, a narrow, brick-red strip with a tiny checked pattern and a zigzag border.

This cotton kain panjang or body cloth is from Java, Kerek Village, Indonesia, and dates to the 20th century. A kain panjang is a long length of cloth wrapped around the body as a skirt in Java, and it is usually decorated by batik. Complete in frame, a long rectangle in deep red, covered in a fine grid of small diamond shapes. A band of small pale triangles runs along the top edge, and the lower end shows a matching zigzag. The color is even and saturated. It is 35 inches wide and 114 long.

Red, narrow and very orderly, with a zigzag for a hat.