Sarong Item Number: 1647/3 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 black ground. Slim bands of red at both ends with an additional thick band of orange material sewn onto one end.
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. One set of selvedge edges have been hemmed at the edge with machine-sewing. The opposite selvedge edge has been machine-sewn to a width of cotton fabric; the cotton has a machine-sewn hem. The warp ends have been hand-stitched together to create a tube.
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
- 1647/3
- Type of Item
- sarong
- Material
- silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- resist dyed, woven and sewn
- Overall
- height 80.0 cm, width 91.0 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
- good
- Current Location
- Case 81
- Accession Number
- 1647/0003