Sarong

Museum number:
18-1501
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
94
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Sarong fragment; cotton; warp-face in indigo, yellow, red and purple strips embellishes with parallel strips of couched embroidery, metal sequins, beads and mica chips; embroidery stitched with gold-wrapped thread and couched with various colored threads; central strip has geometric complex T-shapes surrounded by couched mice chips; edging strip is gold-wrapped thread couched over cardboard cutout forms (kris shaped); surface damage. Used in ceremonial occasions. “Stars and various geometric designs show influence from Indian 'patola' silks.” 52 x 44.5 cm.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Materials:
Cardboard, Cotton (textile), Metal, and Mica (mineral)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarongs
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 52 centimeters and width 44.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1501, described as Sarong fragment; cotton; warp-face in indigo, yellow, red and purple strips embellishes with parallel strips of couched embroidery, metal sequins, beads and mica chips; embroidery stitched with gold-wrapped thread and couched with various colored threads; central strip has geometric complex T-shapes surrounded by couched mice chips; edging strip is gold-wrapped thread couched over cardboard cutout forms (kris shaped); surface damage. Used in ceremonial occasions. “Stars and various geometric designs show influence from Indian 'patola' silks.” 52 x 44.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1501, described as Sarong fragment; cotton; warp-face in indigo, yellow, red and purple strips embellishes with parallel strips of couched embroidery, metal sequins, beads and mica chips; embroidery stitched with gold-wrapped thread and couched with various colored threads; central strip has geometric complex T-shapes surrounded by couched mice chips; edging strip is gold-wrapped thread couched over cardboard cutout forms (kris shaped); surface damage. Used in ceremonial occasions. “Stars and various geometric designs show influence from Indian 'patola' silks.” 52 x 44.5 cm.

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