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Sarong764/7

Red and brown mottled all-over pattern on black ground. Two seams on either side of centre square, one along length. Two bands of black near ends.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong764/4

Brown textile with five series of parallel bands of brown stripes with mirrors, alternating with four wide bands of embroidered white and red zig-zag and scroll desgins with mirrors. Narrow strips of red and green with mirrors, and single red stripes are inbetween larger ones.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre ?, silk fibre ?, dye and glass ?
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong473/10

Two red textiles joined by a seam at centre with orange and light brown stripes outlined in black, narrow stripes of orange, light brown and white in between, and one black stripe near each side. Raw ends.

Culture
Karen
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong379/22

Deep purple-coloured material sewn into a large skirt-like tube. Material has a raised, patterned weave and horizontal bands of orange, silver, yellow, red and green across the centre.

Culture
Southeast Asia ?
Material
rayon fibre ? and dye
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong1404/26

Fuschia background with large and small purple geometric paterns overall. Wide border of gold painted patterns on two ends of leaves, flowers, and interlocking diagonal lines. Narrow gold painted border on other ends of scroll shapes, and also down centre of textile, on top of centre seam, of flowers and leaves.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
silk fibre ?, paint and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongEdz1385

Large tubular sarong, The plain weave top with white band is hand sewn to plain red band and this is stitched to large dark blue and black striped base section with mock weaving in dark green thin horizontal x'd and o'd bands. Each end has band of red with white, orange and green designs in alternating pattern also mock embroidery. Next largest piece is black plain weave cloth covered entirely with zigzag lines of predominantly red, with light brown lines in between lines. The bottom has brown mock weave embroidery in zigzag horizontal thin bands; white and red vertical embroidery. The top edge has red and yellow wefts in horizontal lines on a white band with a frayed cut edge. The bottom edge is selvedge.

Culture
Hmong
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongIb423

Sarong of heavy cotton woven cloth in rectangular shape formed by two pieces sewn together. Striped with supplementary weft with red and brown silk on the weft. Decorated with gold thread in bird, fish, and abstract motifs in between supplementary vertical stripes on the blue cloth. Two multicoloured bands at each end. One end has gold couching with red thread. Embellished with sequins. One edge is unfinished.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, paper, metal, synthetic fibre, rayon fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongEi38

Full-length skirt of black faille weave cotton has band of thinner cotton cloth stitched to the top. Midway down, thick transverse band of alternating sections of maroon then beige stripes with pink, yellow, and white interspersed. Central in design and stitched over a join is line of maroon embroidery sections alternating with other colours. At top and at base of faille weave piece are one transverse band each of small maroon with some yellow and pink stripes bordered by white.

Culture
Burmese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongEi37

Full-length skirt of black faille weave cotton has band of thinner cotton cloth stitched to the top. Midway down, thick transverse band of alternating sections of marron then beige stripes with pink, yellow, and white interspersed. Central in design and stitched over a join is line of maroon embroidery sections alternating with other colours. Below thin cotton section, transverse set of lines in white, yellow and maroon form a band. Lower portion of skirt is embroidered acrylic (?) in sections of vertical evenly-spaced rows, each a joined diamond design in alternating yellow, maroon, pink, green, and white. Also, zigzag motifs include three vertical lines and sections of horizontal bands predominantly maroon with other colours interspersed.

Culture
Burmese
Material
acrylic fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongIb379

Rectangular cotton batik with blue pattern on white ground. Two patterns, one a third of textile. Pattern near one end has wide band of blue diamonds and triangles with flowers in them, bordered on two sides by maple leaf and cock motifs. The other pattern is of leaves and vines and smaller flowers on vines. Entire textile is bordered with vine motif.

Culture
Javanese
Material
indigo dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Lassem, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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