Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Cirebon?
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
North Coast Java
Creation Place:
Pekalongan?
Title:
Textile; sarong; child's clothing. Indonesia
Date:
1880-1900
Materials:
batik
Materials:
machine woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
71.1 cm by 81.3 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X83.887
Subject:
- "kepala" butterflies zoomorphic birds floral
- batik machine woven cotton fabric
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: The term "sarong" used in this sense refers to a particular size and style of batik cloth [Elliott 1984:32]. The characteristic feature is the "kepala" [="head"], or vertical section with a motif which contrasts with the motif of the "badan" [="body"]. This cloth is still joined at the ends with a flat-felled seam to form tube sarong; this is the way it would have been worn. The tube-shaped sarong is considered less formal than the flat "kain" worn in a wrap-around fashion [Raadt-Apell 1982:80]. From accompanying notes: "Child's sarong. North Coast Java. Pekalongan? Late 19th Century." From accompanying tag: "Sarong for child, from Cirebon. Design name 'kelengan orang ayu'. 70 years old." For similar cloths, see X83.884, X83.885 and X83.888. For an illustration of a similar cloth, see Kahlenberg 1977:63-64. "The selvedges are patterned with fine stripes apparently imitating a selvedge treatment still found on many Indonesian woven textiles".
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt (ed.). 1977. TEXTILE TRADITIONS OF INDONESIA. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft4580063 v

Textile; sarong; child's clothing. Indonesia