skirt cloth

Girl's gringsing sarong, geringsing lubeng petang dasa, made of two lengths of cloth sewn together along the selvedge. Handwoven in coarse handspun cotton in which the threads for both warp and weft were tied before dyeing, producing a pattern in light brown and mengkudu (morinda citrifolia) brownish red against dark brown. Knotted and fringed at both ends, and with a band of embroidery in beige and pink between the fringe and the main pattern of the cloth.

worn wrapped around the body by unmarried girl for ceremonial dances in 1980s 1990s and 2000s.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2009.30
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 1745 mm x 1109 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cotton
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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