Blue Java Batik Silk Shawl Pewter Siwa is one of the

Siwa is one of the three gods in Bali that governs birth

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now runs his own home workshop near the craft market of his island village

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Blue Java Batik Silk Shawl Pewter Siwa is one of theClassic Javanese batik patterns are stamped by hand in mesmerizing shades of black, gray, and green. Designed by Yuni Kristina, the patterns include the parang, or dagger, once exclusive to the courts of Surakarta and Jogyakarta. Formerly reserved for the sultan's use, flowers and the kawung, an eight pointed rosette set within a square, rhombus, or circle, complement the parang. Each motif is created by hand, as evidenced by the occasional pencil