Sarong

Museum number:
9-21203
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4716
Description:
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.
Donor:
Eric Crystal
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam. T’ai. Manh Tien Village, Chan Hang Commune, Quy Chao District, Nghe An Province.
Collector:
Eric Crystal
Collection date:
November 2000
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, Weft [reassign], and Weft [reassign] (cotton weaving. silk and cotton embroidery. weaving: balanced plain weave; supplementary weft. embroidery. sewing: basic assembly.)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Sarongs
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 12, 2000
Context of use:
Sarong piece.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
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.

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