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Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 9-21203, described as Band to decorate lower part of sarong. Butterfly motif. Single piece of cloth sewn into tube at warp ends. Dark blue/black balanced plain weave with mainly dark blue/black warp and dark blue/black weft, and warp stripes in off-white, pink, yellow, pale blue, red and brown, and blue-purple at selvedges. Between selvedge stripes is a broad band of embroidered motifs, including butterflies, birds, and (?) flowers, in off-white, yellow, orange, red, blue, blue-green, pink, and purple. Embroidered band bordered on one side by 3cm W band of off-white repeating motif in supplementary weft, and then by undecorated area. Note that selvedges more tightly woven (warps placed more closely) than central area of weaving, presumably for added strength at edges. ~61cm x ~38cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-968, described as Sarong, cotton, batik; floral design in tan, white and dark purple on a light red background. Indonesian women’s garment. 229 x 104 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1009, described as Batik cloth, cotton; brown ground, repeat bird design in blue and white, repeat floral design in blue and yellow. For manufacturing; possibly same piece of batik as 18-1003. 1.2 m. x 77 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1735, described as sarong; Sumatran, Minangkabu, wedding songket (sarong); teal green, with wine and yellow decorative woven bands throughout. brocade woven panel in gold with floral motif, plus geometric brocade woven band in gold thread along one selvage. panel is (37cm x 76.5cm); border (7.5cm)
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-434, described as Sarong; silver brocade on hand woven red cotton; "tumpul" design at both ends; geometric designs in between. Native name: "Kodek Balapak".
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 10-273, described as Sarong (for womanâs dress); white cotton; blue, orange, plaid; varicolored embroidery; 204 x 33 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-441, described as Sarong; unsewn; gold brocade on purple cotton; red warp, blue weft. Worn by women; not traditional color. Width 99 cm. Length 193 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-100, described as Sarong; tubular; cotton; metal-wrapped yarn; plain weave, brocaded; red, black, yellow plaid ground; gold geometric designs; 42 5/8 x 43 1/4 inches doubled.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1600, described as Garment; wraparound; beige, orange, brown and blue; large, dark floral bouquets on light field, with small overall geometric patterns; narrow, dark, floral border on three edges; cloth is torn at one corner; machine sewn hems on two edges. “Kain panjan,” ankle length long cloth is more formal than a sarong (wraparound garment); worn by men and women. 242 x 104.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 9-21206, described as Sarong. Skirt in 2 sections: 18cm W band undecorated brown cloth and 64 cm W band black cloth with decorations. Sections sewn together to form tube. Plain brown section consists of 1 long brown cloth and 1 short pink-brown cloth sewn together at longer piece’s warp ends. Outer selvedge/edge folded over along much of length, with some remaining stitching and multiple bits of black thread, as though it had been hemmed. Plain weave. Broader section has primarily black warp with brown and occasionally pink warp stripes ~ every 0.6cm, and black weft; lower half of section has 2 bands of supplementary weft patterning in repeating lozenge designs in pink, green, red, yellow, and off-white, and several sections in dark olive green. Each end of this patterning is bordered by narrow band of weft stripes. Plain weave ground, but slight grouping of warps into twos and irregular beating-down of wefts result in surface that in many places resembles twill. Fide Eric Crystal: Design next to hem is “coconut shoot”; other design is “betel nut”. 58.5cm (at top) to 65cm (at bottom) x 82 cm, as sewn.

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