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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.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1231, described as Sarong. Red, blue, (and green) plaid. Width 98.5 cm. Length 126.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-440, described as Sarong; blue cotton plain weave with gold brocade designs. Worn by older women for dressy occasions. Width 96.5 cm. Length 198 cm.
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 18-1600, 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 18-963, described as Sarong, batik, cotton; parang desing, white and brown on blue background. Indonesian women’s garment. 203 x 106 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-967, described as Sarong, cotton, batik; floral design, tan, blue, red and white on a purple background. Indonesian women’s garment. 230 x 102 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-992, described as Sarong; batik designs on cotton; center design is two rows of “tumpals” facing each other (beige on black ground); on both sides of tumpal area is row of stylized birds; rest of sarong has large stylized insects (?) in black, blue and brown on beige ground; all over garment are fine brown dots; long end fragmented. Width 1.5 m. Length 2.4 m.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 9-21204, described as Sarong. Butterfly motif. Consists of 3 pieces of cloth, each sewn at warp ends to form tube, then the tubes sewn together at selvedges to form long tube skirt. Upper section off-white balanced plain weave, undecorated. Middle section dark blue/black balanced plain weave, undecorated. Third, lower section has primarily dark-blue/black warp and dark-blue/black weft; outer 2 warps at each selvedge are orange-red. Selvedges have bands of warp stripes in off-white, pink, yellow, blue-green, orange, and purple; uper band of stripes is broader than lower band at edge of sarong. Stripes are warp-predominate. Between bands of stripes is a 13.5cm W band of closely-done embroidery with large off-white butterflies each edged in a single color, against a background of small geometric motifs, primarily diamonds, in off-white, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and blue-green. Embroidery bordered on one side by 2.5cm W band of off-white supplementary weft in repeating pattern, and undecorated area of weaving. Note many isolated short warp and weft floats, especially at upper selvedge, apparent errors rather than attempt at patterns. Perhaps warps were not held at even tension on loom - implying a beginning weaver -? ~96cm x ~60cm.

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