Sarong

Museum number:
18-1137
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001137
Alternate number:
942 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Sarong: brocaded, plain weave silk; red background with white and blue brocaded border design with geometric pattern in checkered arrangement; blue stripes. Used as a sarong, probably for special occasions since is silk with elaborate pattern. Width 112 cm. Length 183 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Sumatra
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarongs
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1137, described as Sarong: brocaded, plain weave silk; red background with white and blue brocaded border design with geometric pattern in checkered arrangement; blue stripes. Used as a sarong, probably for special occasions since is silk with elaborate pattern. Width 112 cm. Length 183 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1137, described as Sarong: brocaded, plain weave silk; red background with white and blue brocaded border design with geometric pattern in checkered arrangement; blue stripes. Used as a sarong, probably for special occasions since is silk with elaborate pattern. Width 112 cm. Length 183 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1137, described as Sarong: brocaded, plain weave silk; red background with white and blue brocaded border design with geometric pattern in checkered arrangement; blue stripes. Used as a sarong, probably for special occasions since is silk with elaborate pattern. Width 112 cm. Length 183 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-1137, described as Sarong: brocaded, plain weave silk; red background with white and blue brocaded border design with geometric pattern in checkered arrangement; blue stripes. Used as a sarong, probably for special occasions since is silk with elaborate pattern. Width 112 cm. Length 183 cm.

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