The badan (body) of this sarong is decorated with a buketan (bouquet) motif, set within borders filled with floral motifs. Finely drawn filler designs are incorporated into the background of the badan. Diagonal bands with alternating floral designs are shown on the kepala (head). It is signed “Nj: Oeij Kok Sing”. 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 (1924–1988) took over the family batik business.
