The Wuppertal textiles from what is now Indonesia came from Eduard von der Heydt, who gave them to the Städtisches Museum Wuppertal in 1937. The museum bought them from the art dealer Carel van Lier in Amsterdam. They were originally part of the curated collection of the German-Jewish banker Georg Tillmann, who lived in Amsterdam from 1932. Of the original 80 textiles, 68 have survived to this day, including fabrics from the islands of Java, Sumatra, Timor, Borneo and Bali in ikat, songket or batik techniques. Most of the pieces were created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when what is now Indonesia was under Dutch colonial rule. Former object number B 30. Headscarf (iket) for men that was worn in various ways. Almost square scarf made of tightly woven, plain-weave cotton fabric. Unfinished woven edges on both sides, the other two side edges are finished with a very narrow hem with a machine seam. The blue-violet cloth is decorated all around the edges and in a diamond shape in the centre with blue-red patterns, which were printed with stamps using the wax reserve technique - batik cap - after the hems were finished.