Auspicious Designs: Batik for Peranakan Altars Art likely worn during traditional or

likely worn during traditional or formal occasions

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Publication date: 1994

Publisher: LM Publishers (2018)

Auspicious Designs: Batik for Peranakan Altars Art likely worn during traditional orThis publication presents one of the most important studies on batik altar cloths, or tok wi, a ritual textile tradition closely associated with the Peranakan Chinese community. These cloths, rich with auspicious motifs and inscriptions, were draped over household altars during ceremonies to honour ancestors, seek blessings, and protect the home. Drawing on the extraordinary gift of seventy two altar cloths donated by Matthew and Alice Yapp to the