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Sarong

human history
  • Description

    Sarong, tube skirt

    Made from tabby cotton cloth. A hand-woven textile made up from 3 bands of cloth that are sewn together and then sewn up the sides to create a tube. The fabric is a dark blue with applied warp stitches in white, purple, and brown which create patterns of anthropomorphic figures and small diamonds

  • Place
    Timor/Indonesia
  • Accession Number
    1995.24.14
  • Accession Date
    12 May 1995
  • Other Id

    54908 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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