Title
Skirtcloth
Year/Period
1900–1925
Region
Southern Sulawesi, Indonesian Archipelago
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 108.0 x 193.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-00944
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. M. van Gogh, 1973, Presented to the ACM by the City of Delft, Netherlands
This plain weave check sarong in white, red, blue and yellow is typical of traditional Bugis sarongs. While this one dates to the first quarter of the 20th century it relates very closely to contemporary cloths. Such cloths are common across the region for wear – generally by men.
