Indonesian Chinese Visual Language of ‘Qilin’ 0n Lasem Batik Ancestral Altar Cloth (Tok Wi)

Lukman, Christine Claudia and Setyoningrum, Yunita and Rismantojo, Sandy (2018) Indonesian Chinese Visual Language of ‘Qilin’ 0n Lasem Batik Ancestral Altar Cloth (Tok Wi). Journal of Arts & Humanities, 7 (9). pp. 84-94. ISSN 2167-9053

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Abstract

Lasem batik industry has been widely known as one of coastal Javanese batik producer with strong Chinese influence. One of its famous batik product is tok wi, a kind of tablecloth used to cover the facade of a Chinese ancestral altar table during veneration rituals. Batik tok wi cloths were made to replace the original silk-embroidered version from China by Indonesian Chinese diasporas in Java. Whilst the images used in batik tok wi decoration were commonly copied from traditional original tok wi cloths of mainland China, we argue that there must be unique alterations on the image depiction, which differ from the original version. Tok wi batik cloths are now rarely found or produced, since the modern Indonesian Chinese nowadays hardly use batik tok wi cloths for the ritual purposes. Regarding this, this paper proposed to explore image representation on batik tok wi cloths, which distinguish them from the original version. The research aim to support preservation of tok wi batik cloths as product of Lasem genius loci. This article appointed qilin images from two similar batik tok wi cloths, to be explored by using Primadi Tabrani theory of visual language. This research proved that qilin images on the Lasem batik tok wi cloths was literally depicted in different manner than on the cloths from mainland China. The images were still representing the same symbolic Chinese ideology as the old tradition. However, there were additional values found on the visual language, caused by the essence and characteristics of batik making.

Item Type:	Article
Contributors:	Contribution Contributors NIDN/NIDK Email UNSPECIFIED Lukman, Christine Claudia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Setyoningrum, Yunita UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rismantojo, Sandy UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Batik, Chinese Diasporas, Lasem, Qilin, Tok Wi, Visual Language
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Depositing User:	Perpustakaan Maranatha
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2023 00:36
Last Modified:	10 Apr 2023 00:36
URI:	http://repository.maranatha.edu/id/eprint/31693

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