Kembali ke Jakarta*

* Return to Jakarta

Pak Hartono sharing Batik with Little Red Riding Hood motif during his talkshow

Feeling Motomami on my birthday & Hari Batik in the mall

Wearing Batik top by aNERDstore

Jakarta skyline from the car

At the moment I am traveling to Pekalongan by train. Sooo time for an update. My first week on Java in Jakarta has rushed by. Jakarta is never my favourite place to be, but it was wonderful to meet and hang out with my dear Batik friends.

I celebrated Hari Batik & my birthday, next to the start of my project here in collaboration with Erasmushuis in Jakarta. I am so excited, and nervous, to finally share. I am making an exhibition next year, October 2023, all about Batik with the title ‘Future of Batik ~ Masa depan Batik’. A couple of years in the making. Now finally on Java to start the preparations. For this exhibition I will share my journey to Batik from different angles, including work by pembatiks I have been following these past 13 years!

Pak Hartono in front of Batik signed by Toorop, pointing out 'Dutch influence'

Repro Batik by Pak Hartono

Showing off the Repro Batiks

One of many cupboards filled with beautiful things

So my first week in Jakarta was filled with meetings to discuss my plans, program options & more. I am not doing, or maybe only a few, public events, since I want to focus on all we can do together next year. 

The start of my stay in Jakarta begin with an invite to a talkshow by Pak Hartono, Batik & Art collector who I often share ideas with through WA. The event was pretty fancy gathering of ladies from a Wastra club. Felt misplaced, but Ibu Hartono insured me that Pak Hartono was very happy I came although he was so busy with these ladies. Several batiks were being showed from Pak Hartono’s collection while Pak Hartono explained the development of the style of Batik on the North coast of Java. He showed a Batik with Little Red Rinding Hood, a Batik signed by Toorop & van Zuylen. After his talk the ladies got to ask question. It was an interesting moment since one asked about Tiga Negeri and if this really was made in several locations ~ because Mas Benny Gratha states in his book on ‘Tiga Negeri’ it was only made in Solo. Pak Hartono said he had proof that it was made in several locations, send be me! Wait what? All the ladies were all looking at me. Hartono continued; Sabine is a researcher from the Netherlands. She send me information about ‘blanco’, the batiks with only a motif in red produced in Lasem and Pekalongan. 

Well after this everyone wanted to chat with me. 

After the Q&A reproduction Pak Hartono makes from his collection were being catwalked by ladies. The repro’s are very finely made Batik Tulis, on only one side of the cloth, the design is based on the original batiks but the colours are very different. 

After all this we got invited to see the ceramic room/house. An incredible space filled with old cupboards filled with ceramics, glassware and more. The room was decorated with beautiful paintings and vases, big ones on the ground, and smaller ones on small tables. The ladies were posing in every corner, making it a funny experience trying to not get in their shots while carefully not knocking over anything. 

While the ladies got lunch in the courtyard, I was invited inside. During lunch I got share some of recent research which was received with shock, especially the name ‘Batik Belanda’ and that it is actually a term for imitations from the Netherlands. 

I will revisit, so I can share more of my findings with Pak Hartono in person, so looking forward to return to Jakarta later this month. 

Before I left Pak Hartono told me he had something for me, he found it just a month ago. A Batik from the 60/70’s with Gelatik motif. I told him before how much I loved these motifs in his book. In his book ‘Batik Betawi’ are several stunning colourful batiks filled with my favourite bird. He asked me why I like this bird and I had shared a video of my ricebird. I explained I named my ricebird Batik, it was before I was busy with Batik and our little feathered friend always started singing when I was discussing or talking about Batik, the textile, with someone. 

Monday the package with the batik arrived at my hotel. Such a kind gift! Such a sweet surprise!

Detail of the Batik Gelatik form the 60/70's

On Sunday it was Hari Batik which I celebrated with my Batik mentor Pak William Kwan. Because the Museum Tekstil opening is postponed to 12 October, we went to two malls. First the Batik Bazaar organized by Yayasan Batik Indonesia. We first eat and discussed our Batik activities. 

After this mall we headed to the new and approved Sarinah. Curious what the fuzz was about, I wanted to check it out. The mall looks gorgeous, so do the batiks, but what prices! Considering how little the makers are being paid, it makes me sad. The fashion was mostly made from all kind of prints, why I wondered? The very expensive haute-couture corner only had outfits with imitation on it! So there is room for improvement to say the least… 

Biggest canting I have ever seen at mall Sarinah

Hello Museum Tekstil, good to see you!

In the library of Museum Tekstil 

with a copy of Veldhuisen 'Batik Belanda' in Bahasa Indonesia

Monday I had a meeting at Museum Tekstil with Mas Ardi. Mas Ardi was my translator during my talk in October 2019, launching my research project. We met recently in Utrecht (NL) when he was part of the exchange program for the Rijksmuseum exhibition ‘Revolusi’. 

I was happy we got to meet now again and share ideas and make plans, for during my stay now and for next year. Was so nice to return to the museum. Last time it was my first stop & start. We met in the library. I didn’t have the chance to see it last time and was curious since recent donations were added. Their collection is really good. It includes many Batik books, old and new, in English and Bahasa Indonesia. You can visit the library during openings-hours and there is a nice place to sit and read. So ayo, go check out this perpustakaan!

I will meet Mas Ardi again at the end of the month to make more plans and hopefully go on a Batik adventure!

Broken winged angel at Taman Prasasti Museum

Beheaded angel at Taman Prasasti Museum

Broken headstones at Taman Prasasti Museum

On Tuesday I met Pak William again at Taman Prasasti Museum, the old Tanah Abang graveyard. I arrived a little earlier and went looking for the names I had written down. On the website of IGV there is an index of the graves with clear info in the location with photos, https://igv.nl/databronnen/tanah-abang-index/ 

I looked up some names I thought might be there, yet run into names I didn’t expected to be there. 

The old graveyard has been cleaned up and re-arranged as a park. Stacks of broken tombstones show that many more were laying here to rest, but only a few are still ‘on display’. As always, it was nice to “run into” some familiar names. The place is very interesting, never saw so many broken winged angels, or beheaded angels... It kinda add the right symbolic feel to the place. Got attacked by huge red ants and followed by several cats while trying to make photos, totally worth it, and the cats pointed out some good names.

Cat on tombstone

Pak William pointing out a Batik motif

The library of the Erasmushuis in Jakarta

Wednesday I had my meeting with director Yolande and project manager Anna at Erasmushuis. It was great to see the space(s). I was here last in 2016 and hadn’t seen it after renovations. In new exhibition is in the making and it was so nice to think how I will fill this space. The library is so stunning. I am happy we are going to add a must needed Batik section to it and we are going to start with it as soon as possible. I am so excited and so honoured I can make a Batik exhibition, my Batik exhibition here. 

After my meeting, I headed to Esmod, the fashion school, to meet Ibu Liesna. We met during the pandemic online, I was a guest in her IG live and we are always liking each others posts. 

It was so nice to finally meet in person, like we just had coffee the day before. 

Ibu Liesna was giving her batik lesson to the fashion students. They can choose different crafts to explore and Batik is one of them. It was only their second try at Batik. It was fun to be in this class and chat with Liesna’s students. One student shared her parents back home in Kalimantan actually have a batikworkshop! Another asked my thoughts on Batik Malaysia and I got to tell about what I learned about my very recent visit to Terengganu.

At the end of the class Ibu Liesna asked me to change into a kebaya, belt and batik. She styled it for me before we took pictures. The kebaya & belt were of her own design, her brand Galeri Liesna, the batik from Lasem. After the photos, I asked if I should change before we went to the restaurant. Turned out she wanted to give me the complete outfit! Since I have many nice Batiks from Lasem, I kindly returned that, but very much accepted the kebaya and belt. My first kebaya!  I am so happy with it. Terima kasih banyak Batik sister Liesna!

Ibu Liesna and her fashionstudents in the batik lesson at Esmod Jakarta

Posing with Ibu Liesna and the students showing their batiks 

me wearing Kebaya and belt by Galeri Liesna

My last day, for now, in Jakarta I visited Jennifer, my dear friend and my batik reseller. Normally our contact is through WA, an occasional phone-call and boxes of Batik. I have been working with Jennifer since 2016, when she joined me to Lasem. It is great to have someone who can do the practical part for the pembatiks, the shipment to me, who is like me invested in making sure we can enjoy batik for many more generations to come.

We talked shop; restocked for Guave, discuss how to improve and continue the one-coloured batiks and slendangs, since we will be reordering, restocked for myself, many beauties coming with me end of November. And brought two Malaysian batiks with me to be turned into clothing, while adding another one one the spot by Ibu Ramini to be made into a dress also. Jippie! Cannot wait to do a fitting when I am back!

So I am in the train to Pekalongan. Very happy to return there after 3 years.

Till next update!

Photo by Pak William at Taman Prasasti Museum

Splendours of Malay World Textiles and more in KL

Batiks in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles'

Together with John Ang, the new Vlisco wax print I brought in the display on Batik Besurek

in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles'

Writing this from my hotel room in Jakarta where the jazz played in the hallway mixed with constant buzz from the AC in the room upstairs. Almost a week has passed since I had my last full day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before traveling to Jakarta. 

On Thursday it is the Batik Friday of Malaysia. Huh what? Friday’s in Indonesia are known as Batik Friday. The day everyone, mostly government employee have to, wear batik. The idea behind batik Friday’s was that more people had to wear batik, so more batik would be bought and therefor better protected. However most people do not wear Batik on Friday but go for the cheap mass-produced printed textiles, unfortunately…In Malaysia this day is on Thursday. I don’t know if people here were more real Batik or not, but we celebrated it by wearing batik and seeing Batik!

One of the domes in the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Curator Marina of Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia 

gave us a tour though of the textiles in the museum

Textiles on display

at Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia 

Detail of Batik and Telepuk

Textiles on display

at Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia 

We started our day with a visit to the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. We had a meeting with Curator Siti Marina Modh Maidin. Up on arrival the building is already spectacular and inside even more, with decorated domes and marble floors. Marina started with saying there wasn’t much Batik in their collection, to continue showing us all Batiks on display, which included amazing Batik Besurek pieces!

New ones have been collected and will be added in the exhibition they are working on behind the scenes for 2024.

The museum show Art, Crafts and Fashion from the Islamic world in all it diversity, beauty and development. It was refreshing and stunning to see how everything was displayed without pushing an agenda. We only saw part of this private run museum, but I definitely will revisit next time I am in KL!

 

'Conference of the birds'

A Besurek Batik...

with Gelatik, rice bird motif, what a dream!

On display at Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Our next visit was to the exhibition ‘Splendours of Malay World Textiles’. Finally! The exhibition made by my dear friend John Ang. It was one of the main reasons for me to go to Malaysia. The talk in Singapore allowed me to travel here first, before continueing to Java, where I am now. 

I saw my friend John Ang last in person in 2019. We stayed a weekend in Bangkok together, enjoying the exhibition of the batiks collected by the king, good food and many laughs.

Of course we were in contact regularly after through WA. Mostly discussing certain things John read somewhere, a textile he found or when I posted a recent find online. Whatsapp is nowadays the letters scholars use to send back in the day to each other ~ I do wonder how anyone can retrace our steps later with our messages through WA, Instagram DM’s, Messenger, the occasional email and phone call, on top of the many conversations in person…

First wall in in John Ang's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles'

John telling us about the categories and the time it took to collect all the pieces

Woodblock prints and Batik Cap in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles'

Telepuk, gold pattern on top of woven checkered fabric 

Batik Tulis, Woodblock prints and Batik Cap 

in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles

More woven checkered fabrics with stunning details

in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles

All the pieces are stunningly paired to make complete stories AND outfits!

Throughout the pandemic John was working day and night to make his exhibition. From his extensive collection he selected, I believe it is, 500 pieces to show in 12 categories the splendour of Malay textiles. 

With zoom meetings John shared with us the different categories and the places these textiles are from. There are different opinions of what places and countries are part of the Malay world and there is even some controversy on the use of ‘Malay’ as a way of grouping the ‘Nusantara’, which I cannot explain in much depth, but lets say unity in diversity is a difficult concept to realise. 

When the selection was made and the grouping in photo collages was done, a team of people build up the exhibition spending weeks ironing, hanging and pinning the carefully selected pieces. A labour of love!

Although I saw many photos during the process and from when it was opened in July, seeing the exhibition myself and getting to see the textiles up-close was an amazing experience. It is rear so many textiles are displayed, and these textiles are not behind glass, so you get to see all the details.

John invited us to join a tour he was giving to a group. Turned out it was for the Islamic Arts Museum we just went to. 

Tour by John

British prints that found there way onto the Malay market

in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles

Detail of Kain Lamar with calligraphy motif

 (please correct me if I am wrong)

in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles

Tour by John

Patola's; originals woven in India, blocked printed ones 

and a copy from The Netherlands made by De Kralingsche Katoenmaatschappij

in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles

More colourful prints

Batik Tulis, Woodblock prints and Batik Cap 

in John's exhibition 'Splendours of Malay World Textiles

I was so happy that we could join a tour by John himself. The stories he shares on why certain pieces are grouped, the history they reveal and personal anecdotes make the exhibition come alive even more. You can book tours, so certainly do when you go to see the exhibition

Johns story, the marvelous display and all historical details really make me look forward to the book, the catalog, that will follow this exhibition even more! 

When the group of the museum had to leave, and John called me “Sabine, we need you here”, for the last room of his exhibition. To my surprise the Vlisco imitation Besurek I got for John in the Summer of 2019 when he was in the Netherlands was featured here. John told how I told him how I found out Dutch imitations were made in the 19th century that now made their way into collections often mistaken to be real batik, like the one at ACM.

John Ang telling about our Batik Besurek discussions

After the tour, I was happy I could ask John to unwrap the present I brought him. Vlisco just released before my departure a new version of the imitation Besurek in purple decorated with rose gold (like prada). John showed it to everyone and we had to pose with it in the exhibition.

John invited us after tea for dinner. We went to this really stunning Peranakan Chinese restaurant. John was inviting someone in the car on the way there, I asked who will join us. And it was Thweep Ake Rittinapakorn, the Burmese textile researcher I got to meet in Bangkok for pies when I was with John there. Such a nice reunion, and it seems there are Dutch ~ Burmese textile histories we much explore further in the near future. 

After dinner, John insisted on is seeing his home. We were all tire, but were super excited to see his home. It was almost midnight, so we would only look around quickly. John wanted me to also look at some Batiks. I said no we should sleep, but looked at a couple before going anyway since a no is luckily not accepted. Again amazing pieces that I tried to date as best as I could and wish to dive into further when I am back. 

Blok from John's collection 

with grape motif I have been fascinated about for a while now

Looking forward to next time, when I will stay longer John, I promise. 

Enjoy the lost month of your exhibition!

If you are near KL go see it, a must see for sure. If you are far, go see it too.

More info on www.johnang.com.my

Batik Terap of Terengganu, Malaysia

Batiks hanging to dry at Batikworkshop owned by Wan Azhar, 

Terengganu, Malaysia

Thunder when driving to Terengganu

Batikmakers at Batikworkshop Kamis

Because we departed a day later than planned, we spend one night in Kuala Lumpur before traveling on to Terengganu. So me and Tony first took a bus to KL, a pretty long ride which allow me to write my previous post 'Holding Batik closer to our heart'.

Batik in Malaysia is mostly done by men and in Terengganu only by men. They make Batik Cap which is called Batik Terap or Batik Blok in Malaysia. We got to find out there are much more differences and found a, for me, new technique, discharge. Which apparently is also used on Java. 

Batik was, same as on Java, on the brink. More than getting makers out of poverty was all that could be done basically. Sadly the pandemic brought most efforts back to zero or worse, since batikmakers had to find other work and haven’t return to workshops still. 

During our long drive to Terengganu we saw mainly oil palm. Row, row and rows of it. Apparently this the oil palm is not just used for palm oil, which most products in Europe are made with, but it is also used as a “green fuel”. A complex struggle between needing the income, needing to bring down CO2, while loosing nature and the connection to it. 

Happy when the endless rows of palms made way for some more forest like hills and also very bad weather.

After our arrival we soon made are way to a cultural festival, Langkasuka Cultural Festival, being held in a local mall. This mall, the buildings around it and a flat were build were the former creative kampong was filled with batikmakers and musicians. Under the flag of ‘development’ the people of neighbourhood were relocated in this flat. Most batikmakers stopped working, some found work at the left over batikworkshops elsewhere in the region.

At the festival we met met Zakaria Ali Bin Ismail displaying his Cap/Block/Terap making skills at the mall. 

The next morning we met Pok Ya for breakfast. We chatted a little in Bahasa Indonesia, since he mastered the Art of the Cap making in Indonesia. As most makers did. 

Batiks was before it was made locally imported from Java. And the first Malay batiks were actually not made with wax resist, but printed with colour blocks. 

‘In Malaysia the meaning of batik is much larger than a simple definition of the physical batik process. For most Malaysians batik connotes certain design characteristics and particular motifs. 

The process is secondary.’

During the trip got to read a full bag of books on Malaysian batiks, so wonderful & as the book lover I am, I scanned read them all. In the book ‘Malaysian batik: Creating new traditions’ from 1987 was the explanation above.

Pok Ya, the last blok/terap/cap maker of Terengganu

Pok Ya's workshop at home

 

Back to Pok Ya, he started learning from age 22 on Java, traveling to places like Solo and Cirebon. He since then adapted the blocks, as they are called here, into a lighter weight, yet bigger shape, easier to repair, with a more open design.

After breakfast we got invited to his apartment, which is located on the ground were the former, flourishing creative kampong was. The kampong was also next to sea were Pok Ya gave workshops at the beach. The seafront got turned into a road in the early 2000’s. A final blow to this batik location.

Pok Ya operates from this flat, having a tiny workshop in his home and when he does the wax process, he uses the empty hallway. 

All the batikworkshop we visited next worked with blocks made by Pok Ya. He had students in the past, but their often less quality made block got send still to him for repairs.

Pok Ya is almost 70, a Master in his field, yet the last one standing. 

After our visit to Pok Ya, we headed to the local textile market, temporarily housed in Pasar Kedai Payang. The market is filled with tiny stores, filled with piles of textiles. They actually sell real Batik there, but one need to know how to navigate. 

Since I am not know with Malaysian Batik yet, for me it was surprising to see how different the batiks designs, colours and effects are. Batiks are next to wax resist with cap, decorated with marbling. A technique used to dye textiles and paper (used back in the day for the insight of a bookcover) known under names like ‘Suminagashi’, floating ink, in Japan, and in Turkey as ‘Ebru’. As the discharge technique, the marbling gives a unfamiliar layer to the Batiks for me. The effect can be quite busy, but also stunning. I brought one example for my collection at home.

While on Java print will be sold next to Cap or Tulis also, on the pasar in Terengganu it was not made a secret which was which. The real batik was on separate piles and had a higher prices, twice sometimes of the fake ones. Still it is of course sad so many mass produced items are sold, next to handmade pieces. Especially considering the shape the local Batik market is in…

Batiks made with wax resist Batik Cap/Terap & marbling

Printed textiles next to Batik Terap and machine woven checkered fabric

Miss Ain hand-dyeing the Batiks at Batikworkshop Kamis

After the market we made our way to the Batikworkshop Kamis, named after its owner Kamis. Here we got to see the full making process. I saw some photos before of the workshops in Malaysia, but seeing it with my own eyes was enlightening. 

The first space we entered had the batik cloths stretched out between wooden frames. Mas Lokman and Miss Ain were dyeing the cloth with a big sponge. I knew here ‘colet’ was done, handpainting in the colours, here called ‘conteng’, but also the larger parts are done by hand. And seem to be considered better than a colourbath. The stretched fabric can have a length between 2 and 4 meters, in the past longer even, but that seems no longer to be done. They make either kains/ sarongs or kaftans. Especially kaftans seemed to be popular in the mall. The batik is locally only worn at home and not turned into clothing. Brands in Kuala Lumpur do produce here to turn it into fashion.

In another building the terap was being done. Bapak Kamir, Cik and Hogan were working their rhythmic magic placing the blok with ease in repeating patterns. 

There were also batiks being boiled out and hang to dry. A active morning for one of the bigger workshops here. Made a reel on my instagram of the making process, check it out here!

After the tour, we got to shop some freshly dried Batiks. The colours are really stunning at Kamis, many purples which I love and the designs are mostly repeating graphic patterns. 

Bapak Kamir at Batikworkshop Kamis

Batiks after 'lorod', boiling out, here called 'rebus'

Hanging to try

In the last chapter of also the book ‘Malaysian batik: Creating new traditions':

Sherry Ortner categorizes symbols on a continuum ranging from "summarizing" to "elaborating” (On Key Symbols, 1973). Summarizing symbols synthesize the entire system, representing the system as a whole. A nation's flag is an example of this type of symbol. While a flag, a uniform, or the national emblem are recognized as national symbols, national symbols need not be specially created objects reserved for ceremonial use; they can also be "nouns and verbs" ', utilitarian objects, abstract concepts, and events. Thus, the concept of national culture can be a symbol in itself which guides people's actions and helps legitimize their activities in modern Malaysia. Batik as a craft and as a costume can be considered a symbol of the nation in this summarizing way.

Batik patterned outfits in China Town, Terengganu

Entrance of Terengganu State Museum

Our next stop was the local museum, Terengganu State Museum. A huge place, consisting of huge building that are beautiful, but surprisingly empty. We never the less enjoyed the textiles being display fully. Lovely pieces, showing early batik imitations, the other stunning Malaysian textiles and the technique. Little info with the pieces however. No dates, location, provenance, only name of the motifs. 

Outside the museum buildings is a little open air museum with palaces from the past. These wooden houses on poles are sooo sooo stunning, and very cool inside (as in not hot). 

In Terengganu are many houses from wood on poles still and I am so in love with them. Painted in bright colours; aqua, lilac, blues and yellow. Looking like a perfect place to live with chicken walking underneath the house. 

Textile display 'Batik Blok', colour block printed textiles 

at Terengganu State Museum

Silkscreen printed textile

at Terengganu State Museum

Palace at Terengganu State Museum

In the evening we returned to the mall to meet Batikartist Razak again. We fell the first evening for the Batik banners he made displaying local traditions. The batikpainting he was working on, was finished, showing a local tale of a warrior princess. 

Tony will bring work by Razak to aNERDgallery in Singapore soon!

Batikartist Razak with one of his banners 

on which the Art of Batik making is depicted

Detail of the work made by Batikartist Razak 

On our second day we visited the Batikworkshop owned by Wan Azhar. Up on arrival we only encounter one employe  still handeling the cap, En Fuad, and one taking care of the wax, Awang. All others went off to fish, which is not unusual here, most batikmakers are actually also fishermen.  Actually fishing pays better than making Batik, but you cannot always fish or make batik, so the combination works great. 

At Batikworkshop Wan Azhar we encounter the discharge technique, new for me, but used from the 1990’s, maybe earlier. I also heard it was/is used on Java. I never saw it before or realized it was made with wax resist since it is batik in reverse. The cloth is fully dyed first, then stamped with wax. In a bleaching agent the colour is removed again, keeping only the colour under the wax lines. It seems to be much afford, but the effect is pretty stunning and unique. Not the most sustainable way to make Batik, using bleach and something called ‘ACL China’. It is done because here the to fully cover the cloth with wax seems like a waste, while on fact the wax can be re-used. Curious to find out more about it.

Bapak En Fuad working on Batik discharge

Batik discharge hanging to dry

Workshops is at the waterfront

Mbak Fidah folding the sarongs

There were many bright coloured batik sarongs hanging to dry and when we went to the shop, we were told we could “pick from the washing line” since there was little stock. Batikworkshops here carry little stock, most is done pre-order for resellers or brands. Or it goes to the local textile market Pasar Kedai Payang.

Picking from the washing line we felt like kids in a candy store we couldn’t believe our luck.

Back in the shop Mbak Fidah showed us the Art of folding. My own performance for Shishani and Sisterhood(link) came back to mind. Here the folding is done with the help of a wooden instrument, which allows to fold the batik nice and tight. It was so lovely to see this last step, the folding with so much care, before the batiks leaves the workshop to a new home. 

On Wednesday after visiting one more workshop and a local store before we made our way back to KL were I finally got to see John Ang and his amazing exhibition ‘Splendours of Malay World Textiles’. 

Stay tunes for more on that!

Shop in China Town