sarong
- Museum number
- 2013,3019.56
- Description
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Sarong, kain songket. Made from silk and gold/metal thread. Plain balanced weave with supplementary weft brocaded patterns of stylised plants and birds.
- Production date
- 1950 - 1959
- Dimensions
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Length: 105 centimetres
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Width: 89 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Information provided by Susi Dunsmore:
'Malay kain songket sarong - John Dunsmore, Malaya (Sarawak?) 1950s
Material: silk (ground weave), gold/metal thread (patterns)
Method: plain balanced weave with supplementary weft brocaded patterns of stylised plants and birds. One row ground weave between each pattern row.
(For details see Chin & Mashman 1991: 91-102 and Sheppard 1978: 51-63)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2013
- Acquisition notes
- This collection of objects was donated to the British Museum by Susi Dunsmore in memory of her husband, John Dunsmore
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2013,3019.56