Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Roti
Title:
Textile; sarong; woman's clothing. Indonesia
Date:
1981
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
warp ikat
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
160.0 cm by 53.3 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X81.1389
Subject:
- floral patola tumpal dula nggeo
- handwoven warp ikat 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: Sarong consisting of four panels sewn together warpwise, then sewn closed at the warp ends to make a tube. Natural(?) dyes, indigo for blue-black and Morinda citrifolia for red. Identified in original accession material as dating from Late 19th/Early 20th Century. For discussions of Rotinese textiles, see Fox 1977:97-104 and Fox 1980:39-55. The motifs of Rotinese cloths identify the wearer by locality, class and status. This sarong has floral designs similar to the "dula nggeo" (="black motif") which identifies a noblewoman's cloth [Gittinger 1979:186]. Both this motif and the general layout of the pattern, including the "tumpal" border, show the influence of "patola" trade cloths brought to Indonesia from Gujerat in colonial times. For an illustration of Rotinese costume, see Gittinger 1979:184. The top section of the sarong folds down over the plain stripes, so that only the ikat-decorated portions are visible.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Gittinger, Mattiebelle. 1979. SPLENDID SYMBOLS: TEXTILES AND TRADITIONS IN INDONESIA. Washington D.C., The Textile Museum.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft867nb59 1

Textile; sarong; woman's clothing. Indonesia