Skirt (Sarong)
ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-principal attire (lower body)
Dateearly 20th Century
Made AtEast Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, Asia
MediumCotton
Dimensions37 × 84 in. (94 × 213.4 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2016.15.39
DescriptionThis is a weft ikat sarong from East Nusa Tenggara Province, West Timor, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Ikat weaving is a textile technique that applies a resistance dye to the threads rather than the final cloth of a piece. Weft ikat is much more difficult than warp ikat, because the pattern can only appear as the textile is woven (in warp ikat, the textile is already evident on the warp threads). Cotton is separated from its seeds, fluffed, spun, warped, and wound; next, the weft threads are wrapped, doubled, and spun again. The sarong is a tube skirt commonly worn by indigenous people of Indonesia.On View
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20th Century
late 19th to early 20th Century
late 19th to early 20th Century
late 19th to early 20th Century
late 19th to early 20th Century
late 19th to early 20th Century