Meeting Announcement:

 

Ottoman Influences on Islamic Batik from Indonesia

 

with

 

Thomas Murray

 

at

 

Pioneer Hall

1642 43rd Avenue East, Seattle

In the Madison Park neighborhood

 

Monday, July 9th, 2007, 7:00 PM

 

Throughout the Indonesian archipelago calligraphic batik textiles have been used during sacred ceremonies. Such cloths were made primarily in Jambi, west Sumatra. The textiles were patterned by hand-painted wax resist and are known as “tulis”. These batik cloths absorbed stylistic influences from the outside world through trade, pilgrimage and politics.

 

Ottoman influences on batik designs include the use of a tugra, the official signature of the emperor, as an icon. With many layers of meaning, it served as a statement of political alliance but also as a talismanic device. One need not be literate to recognize the power of such a striking graphic device to ward off the evil eye.  This slide lecture will show the influence of the Ottoman court on a traditional Indonesian textile art form.

 

Thomas Murray studied at UC Berkeley, pursuing a double major in Psychology and Anthropology with Pre-Medicine. For 28 years he has supported his independent research through the sale of tribal art and textiles with a primary focus on Indonesia; he has objects in more than 30 museums on four continents. A Hali contributing editor for the last 15 years, he serves as the “in-house” expert on all ethnographic textiles and has lectured widely.

 

 

Meeting Schedule:

 

7:00             Mix and mingle.  Announcements.

7:30             Thomas Murray: Ottoman Influences on Islamic Batik from Indonesia

8:30             Show and tell – Bring anything you’d like to share with the group.  Something from Indonesia would be particularly appropriate. 

 

Please note:  This meeting is free to members, $5 at the door for guests.

 

Meeting Location and Directions:

 

Pioneer Hall is the home of the Pioneer Association of the State of Washington.  See the map below.  Parking is available on nearby streets.

 

From I-5 or 405, take 520 toward the University of Washington.  From the Eastside, exit at Lake Washington Blvd and turn left off the bridge and right into the Arboretum.  From I-5, take the first exit from 520, Montlake Blvd.. 

Go straight through the light, following the main road until you take a right into the Arboretum. 

 

Go through the Arboretum, turning left at the light, at Madison Street.  Go about a mile, and turn right on E. Blaine Street.  Go two blocks.  Pioneer Hall is straight ahead.

 

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