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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 18-1736, described as sarong; Sumatran, Minangkabu wedding songket (sarong). brocade woven, golden-yellow; magenta with overall pattern of crossed daggers, central floral panel (28cm x 94cm) and a geometric border along each selvage (6.5cm)
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 9-21172, described as woman's sarong
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-438, described as Sarong; silver brocade on maroon hand-loomed cotton; stylized butterflies, trees, etc. Sarong is made in âSongketâ technique, i.e. brocading with metallic thread, which is Sumatran-Malay, but motifs are modern; worn by women on very special occasions; e.g. at weddings, with wide sash which is almost covered by long blouse. Length 202 cm. Width 100.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1501, described as Sarong fragment; cotton; warp-face in indigo, yellow, red and purple strips embellishes with parallel strips of couched embroidery, metal sequins, beads and mica chips; embroidery stitched with gold-wrapped thread and couched with various colored threads; central strip has geometric complex T-shapes surrounded by couched mice chips; edging strip is gold-wrapped thread couched over cardboard cutout forms (kris shaped); surface damage. Used in ceremonial occasions. “Stars and various geometric designs show influence from Indian 'patola' silks.” 52 x 44.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 10-1066, described as Skirt or âsarongâ; cotton; white, yellow, grey, blue, red warp stripes, some tie-dye; 77 x 68â Old when purchased, see card from donor in acc. envelope.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 9-21212, described as Sarong. “Dragon” pattern. Consists of 2 pieces of cloth, sewn together at selvedges and at warp ends to form tube skirt. Larger piece of cloth is undecorated black commercial cloth. Other piece of cloth has black warp and weft with a band of colored warp stripes at each selvedge. Between these bands are a narrow band of off-white supplementary weft in a repeating pattern and a broad band of mainly warp-direction embroidery featuring ~ 2 1/2 dragons (2 full dragons and one dragon head and neck). Dragons are mostly white with pink,red, or orange; many other small motifs fill this section of cloth. 112cm x 55cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 9-21202, described as Older sarong. Consists of 3 sections, each sewn at warp ends into a tube, then sewn to each other to form long tube skirt. One section undecorated; middle section brown with stripes; 3rd section brightly decorated. Undecorated section consists of 2 pieces off-white balanced plain weave sewn together at warp ends. Outer edge cut and folded under (these are cut _weft_ ends). Selvedge sewn to middle section. Middle section consists of single piece sewn together at warp ends. Balanced plain weave with brown warp and relatively wide brown, black, blue-purple, and pale green weft stripes, and narrow off-white, yellow, and pale green weft stripes. Selvedges sewn to other sections. Third section consists of single piece of dark blue cloth (mainly dark blue warp, dark blue weft) with broad band of off-white, pink, yellow, pale blue-green, orange (2 shades), and blue-purple warp stripes at one selvedge, and narrow band warp stripes in same colors at other. Narrow band stripes bordered on one side by wide off-white, orange, and yellow stripe in which wefts cross about 4 warp threads grouped as single warp, with single off-white and dark blue threads grouped as next warp. Between bands of stripes are: an embroidered band of yellow, green, orange, purple, and pink geometric motifs alternating with off-white flower or bug-like motifs, and 2 small asymmetrically placed other motifs; 3 sections of off-white essentially identical repeating supplementary weft patterns; and an undecorated dark blue area. Final 2 warps at outer edge are orange, giving decorative look to selvedge. 96,5 cm L x 66 cm W (double thickness, as sewn together).
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1008, described as Sarong (?), batik on cotton; design of peacocks and florals; brown, red, blue on light tan ground. 1.2 x 1.76 m.
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1488, described as Sarong, cotton batik; completely divided into squares with various geometric designs in indigo, reddish brown and cream colors; very fragile condition with multiple tears; some fabric missing at each end. According to Jos. Fischer this is a typical turn-of-the-century (19-20th centuries) trade cloth. Width 106 cm. Length 156 cm.

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