Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creation Place:
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Flores Island
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Creation Place:
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Indonesia
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Creation Place:
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Ngada
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Title:
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Textile; woman's sarong. Indonesia
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Date:
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1988-1988
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Materials:
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fabric
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Materials:
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hand spun
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Materials:
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hand woven
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Materials:
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back tension loom
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Materials:
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warp ikat
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Materials:
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sewn
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Materials:
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cotton
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Materials:
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indigo
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Dimensions:
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153.0 cm by 76.0 cm
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Current Location:
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
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Address:
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Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
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Object ID:
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UCLA FMCH X88.1284
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Subject:
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- horse elephant human
- fabric hand spun hand woven back tension loom warp ikat sewn cotton
indigo
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Heading:
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Content/Description
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Notes:
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REMARKS BY ROY HAMILTON (1988): Constructed of three panels sewn together. Ties at the upper edge are for holding the garment together at the shoulder, an adaptation to the cool highland climate in the Ngada region. Purchased from a dealer in the town of Bajawa, capital of the Ngada District. The elephant motif is inspired by the elephants on "patola" trade cloths which were imported to Flores from India in the colonial period. The Ngada elephant has remained generally realistic in form, as oppesed to the elephant motif in Ende or Lio sarongs which have become highly stylized. See X88.1260 for an example of the Ende elephant and X88.1267 for an example of the Lio elephant.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft20000441
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