Unknown Artist
- Title
- man's skirtcloth ('kereng')
- Place of origin
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Lombok →
Indonesia
- Year
- 20th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- cotton, natural dyes; supplementary weft weave
- Dimensions
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92.0 x 143.5cm [weft x warp]
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Alex Biancardi 2000
- Accession number
- 271.2000
- Copyright
- © Copyright reserved
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This sarong is decorated with the traditional design known as 'subhanale', which consists of stylised floral and vegetal motifs enclosed in a hexagonal or zig-zag grid pattern.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, August 2000
- Bibliography (2)
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Robyn Maxwell (Australia) (Author), Textiles of Southeast Asia : tradition, trade and transformation, Canberra, 1990.
Sylvia Fraser-Lu (Author), Handwoven textiles of South-East Asia, Singapore, 1988, 193.
- Exhibition history (1)
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Symbols and Ceremonies: Indonesian Textile Traditions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Apr 2006–28 May 2006.
