Sarong Item Number: 1647/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven fabric sewn into a skirt-like tube. All-over geometric pattern with diamond-shaped motifs in red, green, blue and yellow-brown on a dark ground.
Specific Techniques
Fabric woven from dyed and resist-dyed weft threads (weft ikat). The fabric has been woven in a weft-faced twill weave in a Z-direction. Selvedge edges. The warp ends have been hand-stitched together to create a tube. One end of this seam has been repaired with crude hand-stitching. Tear in main body of the garment has been crudely stitched together with hand-stitching.
Item History
- Made in Cambodia
- Owned by Marta Friesen before May 14, 1994
- Received from Marta Friesen (Seller) and Ruth Read Bequest (Funding source) on May 14, 1994
What
- Name
- Sarong
- Identification Number
- 1647/1
- Type of Item
- sarong
- Material
- silk fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- resist dyed, woven and stitched
- Overall
- height 98.0 cm, width 88.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Cambodian
- Previous Owner
- Marta Friesen
- Received from
- Marta Friesen (Seller) and Ruth Read Bequest (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cambodia
When
- Ownership Date
- before May 14, 1994
- Acquisition Date
- on May 14, 1994
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1647/0001