Sarong

Museum number:
18-1736
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001736
Accession number:
Acc.4364
Description:
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)
Donor:
Robert J. Kimball
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Indonesia, Sumatra, MInangkabau
Culture or time period:
Minangkabau
Collector:
Robert J. Kimball
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarongs
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1988
Context of use:
wedding clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 108 centimeters and length 182 centimeters
Images:
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)

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