Sarong

Museum number:
18-420
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000420
Accession number:
Acc.2156
Description:
Sarong; hand-loomed cotton plaid; black, green, white. Worn by middle-aged and older men, usually at home; sometimes for âdressyâ occasions. Better quality than 18-418 and 18-419. Length 121.5 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 18-420, described as Sarong; hand-loomed cotton plaid; black, green, white. Worn by middle-aged and older men, usually at home; sometimes for âdressyâ occasions. Better quality than 18-418 and 18-419. Length 121.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 18-420, described as Sarong; hand-loomed cotton plaid; black, green, white. Worn by middle-aged and older men, usually at home; sometimes for âdressyâ occasions. Better quality than 18-418 and 18-419. Length 121.5 cm.

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