DESCRIPTION: A vintage indigo batik-on-cotton jacket (or robe) with fantastic and fanciful creatures and designs. Batik is the traditional and time consuming method of hand-dying textiles by wax coating the areas and designs that are not to be died. These beautiful blue and white textiles are becoming increasingly difficult to find as traditional weavers and dyers migrate to the cities for work. Patterns on this robe include elaborate geometric borders, costumed men in fantastic headdresses, ...click for details
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