This sarong is decorated with a buketan (bouquet) design. The kepala (head) is filled with rice grain motifs, contrasting with the floral motifs that fill the badan (body). It is signed “Nj: Oey Kok Sing / Nj: Liem Siok Hien”, indicating that it was a collaborative effort by Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing and her daughter, Jane Hendromartono. Oeij is the historical Dutch spelling for Oey, a Chinese Indonesian surname of Hokkien origin.Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing was a second-generation batik maker in Pekalongan. She began to produce high quality batiks in the 1920s. Her batiks from the 1930s reveal great technical virtuosity and a creative use of colour, made possible by synthetic dyes from Europe. After the Second World War, her daughter Jane Hendromartono took over the family batik business.
