Sarong

Museum number:
9-21210
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Accession number:
Acc.4716
Description:
Sarong. “Rising sun” motif. Consists of 3 pieces of cloth sewn to each other at selvedges, and then together at warp ends to form tube skirt. Top piece = ~13cm (weft direction) undecorated loosely woven off-white plain weave; outer selvedge cut and unhemmed. Middle piece = ~53cm (weft direction) undecorated loosely woven black plain weave. Bottom piece = 36cm (weft direction) band, black warp and weft and bands of colored warp stripes at each side, bordering narrow band of repeating supplementary weft pattern in off-white, and broad area of extensive embroidery in warp direction. Embroidered pattern features repeating off-white suns; suns are outlined in red thread. There are also many smaller motifs embroidered in yellow, orange, green, blue, and red. Outer 2 warps are yellow. 105cm x 61cm.
Donor:
Eric Crystal
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam. Manh Tien village, Chau Hanh Commune, Quy Chao District, Nghe An Province.
Collector:
Eric Crystal
Collection date:
November 2000
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, and Weft [reassign]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Sarongs
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 12, 2000
Context of use:
Sarong.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 9-21210, described as Sarong. “Rising sun” motif. Consists of 3 pieces of cloth sewn to each other at selvedges, and then together at warp ends to form tube skirt. Top piece = ~13cm (weft direction) undecorated loosely woven off-white plain weave; outer selvedge cut and unhemmed. Middle piece = ~53cm (weft direction) undecorated loosely woven black plain weave. Bottom piece = 36cm (weft direction) band, black warp and weft and bands of colored warp stripes at each side, bordering narrow band of repeating supplementary weft pattern in off-white, and broad area of extensive embroidery in warp direction. Embroidered pattern features repeating off-white suns; suns are outlined in red thread. There are also many smaller motifs embroidered in yellow, orange, green, blue, and red. Outer 2 warps are yellow. 105cm x 61cm.

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