Sarong

Museum number:
18-421
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000421
Accession number:
Acc.2156
Description:
Sarong; unfinished; hand-loomed cotton plaid; red, green, blue. Worn by men; may be born at home as sarong or at weddings over shoulder with 18-398 and âTjelanaâ batik trousers, 18-399. Copied after âBugisâ style of East Indonesia. Length 412 cm. Width 64 cm.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Minangkabau
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarongs
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-421, described as Sarong; unfinished; hand-loomed cotton plaid; red, green, blue. Worn by men; may be born at home as sarong or at weddings over shoulder with 18-398 and âTjelanaâ batik trousers, 18-399. Copied after âBugisâ style of East Indonesia. Length 412 cm. Width 64 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-421, described as Sarong; unfinished; hand-loomed cotton plaid; red, green, blue. Worn by men; may be born at home as sarong or at weddings over shoulder with 18-398 and âTjelanaâ batik trousers, 18-399. Copied after âBugisâ style of East Indonesia. Length 412 cm. Width 64 cm.

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