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Woman's sarong- rectangular strip hand sewn at ends to form tube; ikat-dyed cotton; main panel- red, brown and white geometric design of diamonds and teardrop shapes with curlicues everywhere; horizontal bands top and bottom of commercial red, green, blue, and yellow threat with ikat stripes between; Iban, Sarawak; 1963; just starting to go out of style as daily clothing and being reserved for fancy dress
Sarong
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Sarong

Maker Iban Artist
Date1963
Mediumcotton
ClassificationsClothing and accessories
Credit LineFLMNH Transfer (need credit line)
Object number2013.76.26
Collections
Visual DescriptionWoman's sarong- rectangular strip hand sewn at ends to form tube; ikat-dyed cotton; main panel- red, brown and white geometric design of diamonds and teardrop shapes with curlicues everywhere; horizontal bands top and bottom of commercial red, green, blue, and yellow threat with ikat stripes between; Iban, Sarawak; 1963; just starting to go out of style as daily clothing and being reserved for fancy dress
Woman's sarong- rectangular strip hand sewn at ends to form tube; ikat-dyed cotton; main panel- red, yellow, and black design of voided diamonds and teardrop linked with flecked diagonal lines, all with curliques; occasional diamond centers of grey (blue dye over yellow); border bands of commercial red, yellow, green, blue, and black thread with ikat stripes between
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no date
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