Title
Sarong
Year/Period
mid 20th century
Region
Pekalongan, Java
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: 105.3 x 92.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-01320
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Cynthia, Larry, Celia, Carol and Lawrence Chia, in memory of their parents Chia Teck Loke and Ong Siew Choo.
This purple batik sarong is decorated with large sprays of flowers are grouped together in a bouquet, with birds and butterflies flying around them. The buketan/bouquet motif reoccurs throughout the textile and was a design popularised by Eurasian batik maker, Eliza Van Zuylen. This sarong would have been worn with an open jacket with V-shaped lapels known as the kebaya. This sarong belonged to Mdm Ong Siew Choo (1930-2012), a homemaker.
