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).
Donor:
Eric Crystal
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam. T’ai. Manh Tien Village, Chau Hang Comune, Quy Chao District.