id: 97613 accession number: 1917.26 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.26 updated: 2022-01-11 10:00:09.028000 Sarong, mid-1800s. Indonesia, Java, North Coast, mid-19th century. Cotton: plain weave, wax-resist dyed (batik); overall: 106 x 192.4 cm (41 3/4 x 75 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. James J. Tracy 1917.26 title: Sarong title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: mid-1800s creation date earliest: 1840 creation date latest: 1860 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. James J. Tracy copyright: --- culture: Indonesia, Java, North Coast, mid-19th century technique: Cotton: plain weave, wax-resist dyed (batik) department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 106 x 192.4 cm (41 3/4 x 75 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Techniques of Textile Printing opening date: 1948-10-11T04:00:00 Techniques of Textile Printing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11, 1948-May 29, 1949). title: Design in Printed Textiles opening date: 1961-04-04T04:00:00 Design in Printed Textiles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4-September 3, 1961). title: Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique opening date: 1977-10-05T04:00:00 Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5-November 11, 1977). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. James J. [Jane Allyn Foote] Tracy [1857–1944], Cleveland, OH, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1917 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1917– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: Batiks made in the North Coast region of Java, specifically in Pekalongan, were influenced by both Indian and European motifs due to the Dutch presence in Indonesia. In this sarong we see a mixture of Indian and European flowers including jasmine, lilac, and daffodil. Batik is a wax-resist dyeing technique used throughout Java. Hot wax is applied with a tool known as a canting and a design is hand drawn with incredible skill. This sarong was then dyed with indigo, a well sought after and culturally important natural dye. Areas on the fabric with wax will not accept the indigo dye, hence the term wax-resist. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Larsen, Jack Lenor, and Bob Hanson. The Dyer's Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976. page number: url: Wessing, Robert. 1986. "Wearing the Cosmos: Symbolism in Batik Design". Crossroads : an Interdiscliplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 2, no. 3: 40-82. page number: url: Maxwell, Robyn J. Sari to Sarong: Five Hundred Years of Indian and Indonesian Textile Exchange. [Canberra?]: National Gallery of Australia, 2003. page number: url: Khan Majlis, Brigitte. The Art of Indonesian Textiles: The E.M. Bakwin Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago. [Chicago]: Art Institute of Chicago, 2007. page number: url: Kumar, Prakash. Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2013. page number: url: Adam, Tassilo. The Art of Batik: Weaving and Dyeing in Java. [United States]: Read Books Ltd, 2016. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.26/1917.26_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.26/1917.26_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.26/1917.26_full.tif