Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Bali
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Title:
Textile; sarong. Indonesia
Date:
Collected 1930s
Materials:
woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
139.7 cm by 120.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X74.308
Subject:
- plaid
- 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: Two panels of cloth sewn together; probably intended to be made into a sarong by sewing the ends closed to make a tube. Cotton fiber; never worn; still stiff with sizing. Presumably representative of the contemporary sarong style of that period. This plaid style of everyday sarong, usually worn by men, is pan-Indonesian and generally associated with coastal Islamic populations; not an indigenous Balinese style. While it may still be seen in Bali, it would be considered conservative or out of fashion, compared to the weft ikat sarongs that became popular wear beginning in the 1970s.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft1h4nb0b x

Textile; sarong. Indonesia