Sarong Item Number: 3511/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Sarong with sides sewn together, forming a rectangular tube skirt. Decorated with seventeen horizontal bands; assortment of coloured stripes, dashes and curvilinear motifs in between each band. Centre band is maroon with yellow stitches in middle. From each side of centre band the patterns are identical. From centre outward bands are: maroon with light brown cross-like shapes; dark blue with light blue cross-like shapes; maroon with light brown cross-like shapes; maroon with light brown curvilinear motifs along edges and dotted lines through centre; dark blue with light blue geometric, floral and curvilinear motifs; maroon with light brown curvilinear motifs along edges and dotted lines through centre; dark blue with light blue alternating geometric and curvilinear motif; and dark blue with light blue zigzag and curvilinear motifs. Triangle designs decorate right side of bands.
Unused sarong. Sarongs can be worn in several ways, as a skirt, or a dress over one shoulder, etc. This one is made from 2 mirrored pieces of fabric.
Handwoven ikat textile; fibres dyed using local vegetable dyes. The fabric is woven in a long rectangle, then the long edges are sewn together to make a long tube.
Purchased by the donor in Sikka village, Flores Island, in September 1989.