skirt;
sarong
- Museum number
- As1934,0307.92
- Description
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An unsewn (tabby) cotton tubular skirt cloth, a sarung, on which the kepala and lower edge have a printed resist pattern in white against a red ground. On the lower edge the border is of scalloped arches above scrolling dentate leaves and white blotched flowers. This pattern continues along each side of the kepala, which is at the edge of the cloth. The kepala has design elements of bouquets and flower stems, some of which are in mirror image, suggesting the resist was stamped on both sides of the cloth. Additionally parts of the pattern are achieved with blotches of white, perhaps crudely waxed, including diagonally arranged groups of joined dots which contrast with the fine lines of the stamped resist. The border along the top is also in red with white stamped resist, possibly mordant resist, with blotches as in the lower part. Badan has blue ground with two stamp resist designs including a pair of storks amid a stand of flowers and foliage, a bird flying above. These are in green brown and white, both the same way up. Parallel diagonal bands of four dots in white overall. [Text written by Dr Fiona Kerlogue, Horniman Museum.]
- Production date
- 1880-1913
- Dimensions
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Length: 191 centimetres
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Width: 105 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1934
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1934,0307.92