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This sarong, overlaid with gold leaf (or gold dust), would have been worn for high ceremonial occasions and festivals. The gold has been applied only to the parts of the sarong that would show when draped, and on one side only. The delicate, linear design with Chinese phoenixes, butterflies, and leafy tendrils is one of the characteristic styles of batiks made in cities along the north coast of Java. The "tumpal" (triangle) design of the wide end border (a pan-Southeast Asian motif that commonly occurs on northern Javanese batiks) seems to have symbolized growth and fertility as well as the sacred mountain, Meru.
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110055
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Sarong
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110055
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object
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Sarong
description
This sarong, overlaid with gold leaf (or gold dust), would have been worn for high ceremonial occasions and festivals. The gold has been applied only to the parts of the sarong that would show when draped, and on one side only. The delicate, linear design with Chinese phoenixes, butterflies, and leafy tendrils is one of the characteristic styles of batiks made in cities along the north coast of Java. The "tumpal" (triangle) design of the wide end border (a pan-Southeast Asian motif that commonly occurs on northern Javanese batiks) seems to have symbolized growth and fertility as well as the sacred mountain, Meru.
date
1800s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80002395
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 276.8 x 113 cm (109 x 44 1/2 in.)
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Indonesia, Java, North Coast, 19th century
accession
1928.656
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batik and applied gold, cotton
tombstone
Sarong, 1800s. Indonesia, Java, North Coast, 19th century. Batik and applied gold, cotton; overall: 276.8 x 113 cm (109 x 44 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1928.656
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Textiles
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 05:51:37.886000
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110055
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Textiles
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batik and applied gold, cotton
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