Sarong

Museum number:
9-21205
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4716
Description:
Older sarong. “Butterflies and flowers”. Consists of 3 pieces of handwoven cloth, each sewn into a tube at warp ends, then the 3 sewn to each other to form tube skirt. One piece very loosely woven off-white plain weave, completely undecorated. Outer edge ravelled; note that these are weft, not warp, ends. Other end off-white cloth sewn to dark blue cloth, balanced plain weave, dark blue warp and weft, completely undecorated. Blue cloth much more tightly woven than off-white cloth. Other end blue cloth sewn to black cloth, balanced plain weave, black warp and weft, extensively decorated in bright colors. Bands of warp stripes in off-white, pink, orange, yellow, pale blue-green at selvedges; broader of 2 warp stripe bands also has purple-blue stripes. Warp stripe bands enclose 16cm W band of extensive embroidery in a variety of motifs in off-white, yellow, blue-green, and 2 shades of pink, and 4cm W band of off-white supplementary weft in pattern which repeats around width of sarong. Last 2 warps at outer selvedge are bright pink, resulting in decorative edging. Sarong ~94cm x 57 cm (double thickness, as sewn).
Donor:
Eric Crystal
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam. T’ai. Manh Tien Village, Chau Hanh Commune, Quy Chao District, Nghe An Province.
Collector:
Eric Crystal
Collection date:
November 2000
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, Weft [reassign], and Weft [reassign] (cotton weaving. silk and cotton embroidery. embroidery. sewing: basic assembly. weaving: balanced plain weave; supplementary weft.)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Sarongs
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 12, 2000
Context of use:
Sarong.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sarong, accession number 9-21205, described as Older sarong. “Butterflies and flowers”. Consists of 3 pieces of handwoven cloth, each sewn into a tube at warp ends, then the 3 sewn to each other to form tube skirt. One piece very loosely woven off-white plain weave, completely undecorated. Outer edge ravelled; note that these are weft, not warp, ends. Other end off-white cloth sewn to dark blue cloth, balanced plain weave, dark blue warp and weft, completely undecorated. Blue cloth much more tightly woven than off-white cloth. Other end blue cloth sewn to black cloth, balanced plain weave, black warp and weft, extensively decorated in bright colors. Bands of warp stripes in off-white, pink, orange, yellow, pale blue-green at selvedges; broader of 2 warp stripe bands also has purple-blue stripes. Warp stripe bands enclose 16cm W band of extensive embroidery in a variety of motifs in off-white, yellow, blue-green, and 2 shades of pink, and 4cm W band of off-white supplementary weft in pattern which repeats around width of sarong. Last 2 warps at outer selvedge are bright pink, resulting in decorative edging. Sarong ~94cm x 57 cm (double thickness, as sewn).

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