It’s very subjective when we choose things we love, especially when it come in terms of the work of art. But who could blame me when I say that these items worth your attention? These Classic-style Bangkalan Tanjungbumi hand-drawn batik was the item. It’s not rare, at least not in a while. But you can see that it’s enchanted, unique and real. Patterned after sea life, theme dears to the Maduranese people depicting sea creatures, boat, stylized waves and all things marine. Done in bold manner, these piece of art has unusually fine “tumpal” , part that indicates direction on how we wear this sarong, depends on the fashion of the day. These tumpals has soft ivory-white background and finely-detailed patterns almost like the more elaborate and expensive “gentongan”.
This combination has rarely seen since the badan can be seen as bold-and-quick kind of craftsmanship. Simple observation brings to our imagination to the explanation that these sarongs has at least two people with different batiking skills.Like the legendary “dua negeri ‘or more expensive “tiga negeri”, this practice of brings batik into different regions “just” to get certain treatments ; whether it was coloring process or laboring the crowded background with specific isen-isen; it still continue today.
