Sarong

Museum number:
18-1617
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001617
Accession number:
Acc.4521
Description:
Sarong; sarong; tubular textile, indigo-dyed plainweave cotton with varicolored embroidered geometric designs within bands on about ⅓ of garment; balance of garment has rows of small white embroidered diamonds and four rows of red, white and/or yellow diamonds; plaid-like borders; two loom widths sewn together. Length 118 cm; width 92 cm.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarongs
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1617, described as Sarong; sarong; tubular textile, indigo-dyed plainweave cotton with varicolored embroidered geometric designs within bands on about ⅓ of garment; balance of garment has rows of small white embroidered diamonds and four rows of red, white and/or yellow diamonds; plaid-like borders; two loom widths sewn together. Length 118 cm; width 92 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1617, described as Sarong; sarong; tubular textile, indigo-dyed plainweave cotton with varicolored embroidered geometric designs within bands on about ⅓ of garment; balance of garment has rows of small white embroidered diamonds and four rows of red, white and/or yellow diamonds; plaid-like borders; two loom widths sewn together. Length 118 cm; width 92 cm.

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