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Sarong

Indonesian (Javanese)

Medium/Technique Batik
Dimensions 101 x 187.5 cm (39 3/4 x 73 13/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 1.875 x 1.01
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.1326
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ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionMan or woman' skirt. Printed by the reserve process and often called batik. On one end is a dark blue panel with a conventional design of flowers and spots in brown, black and white; the other end has a dark brown and white mottled ground which is broken with leaf forms in the same colors.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on May 4, 1911