Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; sarong. Indonesia

Collection: 
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place: 
Indonesia
Creation Place: 
Palembang
Creation Place: 
South Sumatra
Title: 
Textile; sarong. Indonesia
Materials: 
handwoven
Materials: 
weft ikat
Materials: 
supplementary weft
Materials: 
"songket"
Materials: 
silk
Materials: 
metallic thread
Materials: 
fabric
Dimensions: 
71.0 cm by 72.5 cm
Current Location: 
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address: 
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID: 
UCLA FMCH X81.1496
Subject: 
- diamond - handwoven weft ikat supplementary weft "songket" silk metallic thread 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: An example of a well known style of cloth from Palembang, South Sumatra, decorated by both the weft ikat and the supplementary weft techniques on a red silk ground. Has been sewn into a tube sarong. The polychrome weft ikat center panel shows the influence of Indian trade cloths. The supplementary weft with metallic thread is a widespead technique in Indonesia known as "songket". Illustrations of similar cloths can be found in Kahn Majlis 1984:plates 110, 114 & 116.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes: 
Kahn Majlis, Brigitte. 1984. INDONESISCHE TEXTILIEN: WEGE ZU GOTTERN UND AHNEN. Cologne, Germany, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum.
Collection Description: 
METS ID: 
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