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Batik
Lower body wrapper (kain sarong)
Batik
Indonesian (Javanese)
Dutch colonial rule
19th century
Medium/Technique
Cotton, plain-weave ground, wax-resist dyed (batik)
Dimensions
Overall: 239.1 × 100 cm (94 1/8 × 39 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Greely Loring
Accession Number93.1453
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionMan's or woman's lower body wrapper (kain sarong) with overall design in the main field (badan) of a repeating diamond and lobe motif in black and natural ecru on a red ground and a deep border (kepala) on each end with design of interlocking triangle motif (tumpal) in red, black and natural ecru.
ProvenancePurchased by the donor at the Javanese village at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893; gift of Charles Greely Loring to MFA in October, 1893