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:
1941
Materials:
batik tulis
Materials:
dyed
Materials:
machine woven
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
textile
Dimensions:
204.0 cm by 106.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X61.26
Subject:
- floral sarong "kepala"
- batik tulis dyed machine woven cotton textile
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON THE BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: Batik tulis or hand-drawn batik. Color and floral style identify area as the North Coast batik region of Java. Further attribution to the city of Cirebon, West Java, comes from the original accession information. Probably aniline dyes. Collected during the decade prior to World War II. 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 and is considered a less formal style than the "kain", which is a flat cloth wrapped around the body [Raadt-Apell 1982:80]. This cloth was once sewn in such a manner, but has been opened up again. According to Rachael Grossman (1975): Man's sarong. This assesment is perhaps based on the sewn "sarong" form of the garment [see above], but is questionable as only women currently wear flowered sarongs in Pekalongan.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Raadt-Apell, M. J. de. 1982 "Van Zuylen Batik, Pekalongan, Central Java (1890-1946)". TEXTILE MUSEUM JOURNAL 19-20:75-92.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft8f59p21 f

Textile; sarong. Indonesia