Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; kain samarinda; sarong. Indonesia
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creation Place:
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Bugis?
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Creation Place:
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Indonesia
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Creation Place:
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Makassarese?
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Creation Place:
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South Sulewesi
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Title:
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Textile; kain samarinda; sarong. Indonesia
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Date:
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1941
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Materials:
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handwoven
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Materials:
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weft ikat
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Materials:
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compound ikat
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Materials:
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cotton
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Dimensions:
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115.0 cm by 86.0 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 X61.41
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Subject:
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- plaid weft ikat
- handwoven weft ikat compound ikat cotton
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Heading:
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Content/Description
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Notes:
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REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: Collected during the decade prior to World War II. Synthetic dyes; cotton thread. Entire sarong is banded with simple weft ikat stripes. The "kepala" (Malay="head") or decorative center band is compound ikat (ikat of both warp and weft). Identified as "kain Samarinda" by collector. Worn as sarongs by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi. Katharane Mershon related to Pat Altman that the Mershon's Balinese household staff requested this type of sarong as gifts when the Mershons went to South Sulawesi. However, these cloths proved unacceptable because the dyes were not fast. The term "kain Samarinda" here refers to sarongs from the late colonial era, commercially produced on floor looms. This term is normally applied to silk sarongs. The name derives from the fact that they were made in Sulawesi primarily for export to Bugis emigrant colonies located near the town of Samarinda in the east coast of Borneo [Crystal 1979:54]. In Samarinda, women of Bugis descent established a hand-weaving industry and continue to produce similar sarongs called "kain Samarinda" today.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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Notes:
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Crystal, Eric. 1977. "Mountain Ikats and Coastal Silks: Traditional Textiles in South Sulawesi". In THREADS OF TRADITION, Joseph Fischer (ed.), Lowie Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft0w1003cw
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