Cloth for a Woman's Tube Skirt (Sarong)

Name/Title

Cloth for a Woman's Tube Skirt (Sarong)

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.1

Description

This batik was meant to be sewn into a tubular skirt, sarong. The design is most likely produced with wax applied by sablon before dyeing. It has a producer mark: A.D.Q.M, cap cent, dua sekawan

Acquisition

Accession

2023.3

Source or Donor

Vickie Elson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Vickie Elson

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Indonesia

Island

Java

Culture/Tribe

Javanese

Dimensions

Width

104.5 cm

Length

193 cm

Materials

Material

Cotton

Material Notes

possibly using sablon to apply the wax (batik sablon)

Provenance

Notes

Purchased by Vickie Elson in Java in 1989. Donated to Tracing Patterns Foundation in 2023.