Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Cirebon?
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
North Coast? Java
Title:
Textile; sarong. Indonesia
Date:
Collected 1918-1924.
Materials:
batik
Materials:
machine woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
104.8 cm by 84.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X79.869
Subject:
- 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 (see Elliott 1984:32; Raadt-Apell 1982:78). One feature of this style of cloth is the "kepala" (="head), or decorative band with a motif distinctive from the "badan" (="body") of the sarong. A "sarong" is typically sewn together at the ends to form a loop before being worn (as opposed to a "kain", which is a flat cloth wrapped around the body). Probably a "cap" batik on which the wax was printed with a metal stamp. The style of this cloth, characterized by floral figures on a cream-colored ground, is a style associated with the Cirebon region on the North Coast of West Java
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Elliott, Inger McCabe. 1984. BATIK: FABLED CLOTH OF JAVA. New York, Clarkson N. Potter.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft738nb49 k

Textile; sarong. Indonesia