Sarong

Title

Sarong

Creator

Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing

Year/Period

Around 1929–30

Region

Pekalongan, Java, Indonesia

Object Type

sarongs, waistcloths

Material

cotton (textile), synthetic dye

Technique

dyeing, stitching (generic process)

Dimension

Object size: 107.5 x 99.0 cm

Accession No.

2024-00369

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the family of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

The kepala (head) of this sarong is decorated with a buketan (bouquet) motif. The badan (body) contains different floral patterns that serve as filler motifs. It is signed “Njonjah / Oeij Kok Sing”, stamped “OEY KOK SING / PEKALONGAN”, and stitched “16”. Njonjah and Oeij are the historical Dutch spellings for Nyonya and 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 (1924–1988) took over the family batik business.