batik

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• The Ubud market at the end of the road is the bargain place to buy psychedelic batik for unisex wear, handicrafts, and stone sculptures.

  Academic text (2001)

• Jane's is draped with paisley and batik, every surface busy with prints as big and lush as Jane herself.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Batik was used for many purposes in the past, like showing your social status.

  Blog text (27)

• The younger kids are making batik T-shirts.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Malaysian batik items make popular souvenirs.

  Academic text (1995)

• Claude put on a long dress made in African batik style with a narrow Saharan-colored belt.

  Fiction book (2001)

• She could also crochet, sew almost anything, do batik, paint, embroider, and make ribbon flowers.

  Blog text (15)

• Since wax prints were first introduced to West Africa, carefully controlled crackling and irregular blocking have been qualities of the factory-produced batik process that have been vital to its aesthetic appeal and inseparable from its perception as valuable.

  Academic text (1994)

• The call to prayer from a mosque or the cockerels in the towns woke us in the morning, and we walked in the markets bartering for papaya, batik, and wayang puppets during the day.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The beautiful batik patterns on her dress showcased the intricate dye-resist technique.

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