From almost 500 batik motifs from all over the Indonesian archipelago, we obtain the phylomemetic tree as shown in figure 3. The figure depicting the “cognitive kinship” of the ethnic groups in the archipelago of Indonesia while all of them incorporating the same method of crafting: media‐resist dyeing. When different exclusive social systems recognize the same methodology on reflecting what in their minds respect to visual aesthetics, spirituality and transcendent views on social norms, social hierarchy, symbols and arts, observation on the yielding motifs can bring us to the trajectory of “cognitive proximities” among them.