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Javanese

Sarong, early 1900s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Javanese

Title

Sarong

Year

early 1900s

Medium

Cotton

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • batik

Dimensions

Length: 206.4 cm (81 1/4 inches)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.479

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Tradition and Innovation

June 15 - October 7, 2001

Perhaps made for an older woman, this sarong combines traditional Central Javanese colors -- blue, brown, white -- and a traditional North Coast badan (field) pattern of tendrils and birds with a floral bouquet kepala (head) in the European-influenced North Coast style. Another stylistic innovation, the scalloped floral border at the lower edge, may have been derived from lace trim seen on the clothes of European women in the late 19th century. This combination of design elements may also indicate that the wearer had family ties in both the Pasisir and Central Java.

Batiks from Indonesia

February 28 - June 8, 1986

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