Textiles and Dress

Kemben

Kemben (Javanese: ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦤ꧀, romanized: kêmbên; Sundanese: ᮊᮨᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮔ᮪, romanized: keumbeun; Balinese: ᬓᬫᭂᬦ᭄, romanized: kamen) is a form of Native Indonesian torso wrap originally found in traditional native Java (Javanese, Sundanese, Baduy, and Osing) and Bali (Bali Aga and Balinese) clothing cultures. It is made by wrapping a piece of kain (clothes), usually but not limited to batik, tenun, ikat, or any type of fabrics, covering the chest wrapped around one's torso.

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸Border tartan
• ▸Bukharan Jews
• ▸1981 Irish hunger strike

Uncatalogued shelf

Text from Wikipedia; plate via Wikimedia Commons. Text CC BY-SA 4.0; plate freely licensed (see Commons). Source record. Images and catalogue data are reproduced from open-access collections.