Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection

Sarong of off-white cotton with blue batik design with main body of a tiny blue polka-dot ground

Title
Sarong of off-white cotton with blue batik design with main body of a tiny blue polka-dot ground
LC Subject
main garments
Description
Sarong of off-white cotton with blue batik design with main body of a tiny blue polka-dot ground; scattered motifs of birds, squirrels, bats, salamanders, and various horned animals and flowers in blue batik with accent color of light brown from paste; narrow 1" blue band runs along close to the selvedge edges; ends are finished with a 5" border of patterned bands.
Provenance
Source of acquisition: Department Purchase
Motif
Birds Squirrels Salamanders Horned Animals Flowers
Work Type
sarongs
Location
Bali >> Lesser Sunda Islands >> Sunda Islands >> Indonesia
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
1948.005.002
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cotton
Technique
Batik Wax-resist dye Paste decoration paint
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
The Balinese buy these from Java and then add the paste decoration - on this piece the light brown raised surface is the paste.