Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sarong (Indonesia), late 19th–early 20th century

  Batik sarong with a center field and deep borders at each end, in red, blue and cream. The field shows the “ceplokkan” motif (stylized, star-like flowers symmetrically arranged). The border…

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 19th century

  Red and blue batik sarong. Shows “ceplokkan” pattern: flowers or blossoms, symmetrically distributed over surface, stylized, star-like,and contained within a geometric shape. Borders show batiked on fringe.

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  Sarong, Sea Weed, 19th century

  Batik sarong in brown, pink, and dark blue. Dark blue seaweed pattern placed freely over the pink-brown ground in the body or ‘badan’ of the piece. The head or ‘kepala’…

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 19th century

  Batik sarong in red, blue, yellow, and cream color. Shows an all-over “banji” motif (swastika variation) with butterflies around a large-scale floral pattern (“buketan” motif), at intervals. Scalloped floral borders…

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 19th century

  Two breadths of cotton joined in center. Black center area showing a fine red stripe running through. On either side is a wide border woven in yellow, black, and gold…

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 19th century

  Woven striped sarong in brown, light brown, cream-white, and blue. Embroidered in an all-over pattern of alternating geometric, organic patterned, and plain stripes with mica pieces added.

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 18th–19th century

  Festival sarong worn by women, of woven stripes in dark brown, coral, dark blue, and natural color. Ornamented with embroidery and pieces of mica attached in vertical rows.

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 18th–19th century

  Sarong of woven cotton with brown, blue, cream-white, black, and red stripes. All-over pattern of circles of couched gold in symmetrical arrangement. Couched crosses in borders. Couched gold dots underlaid…

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  Sarong (Thailand), 19th century

  Design showing center area broken up on an all-over diamond-shaped pattern containing stylized floral shapes of seated Buddha. Reclining figures in outlines of damond shapes. Two wide borders, interrupted by…

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 19th century

  Cotton batik sarong in white, dark brown, and green. All-over large scale floral pattern and butterflies (“buketan” motif). Scalloped floral borders (a North Javanese batik innovation). Noticable Western influence in…