From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: Southeast Asia

Loincloth from Indonesia

Post author By GW Museum
Post date March 8, 2023

Two strips of cloth, the left one embellished with red, horizontal stripes and the right one woven in a geometric pattern

Loincloth; Indonesia, Island of Borneo, Kalimantan; late 19th century. Cotton; plain weave, supplementary weft, songket, pilih, embroidery, tassel; 325 x 24 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 66.10. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1956.

How Pattern Connects us to the Past

Post author By GW Museum
Post date November 16, 2022

Bold red, blue, and white geometric pattern with floral motifs on batik fragment.

Garment fragment; Indonesia, Java, North coast; c. 1920. Cotton batik, 15.5 in x 13 in. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection, T-1223. Bruce M. White Photography.

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Communicating Kingship and Devotion Across Cultures

Post author By GW Museum
Post date November 12, 2022

White textile fragment with red, gold, and green floral motifs and wide-stanced repeated figures.

Detail of phaa nung skirt, ceremonial; India, Coromandel Coast; c. late 18th century., Coromandel Coast, India, Late 18th century, Cotton, resist-dyed; 42 x 25 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0669. Bruce M. White Photography.

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“Hol Pidan” from Cambodia

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 22, 2021

Textile hanging (hol pidan), Cambodia, 20th century. Silk; twill weave, weft ikat; 84 x 186 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2004.11.1. Gift of Dona Dinsdale.

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Wrapped Skirt from Indonesia

Post author By GW Museum
Post date August 27, 2021

Wrapped skirt (kain panjang), Indonesia, Java, 1940s. Cotton, batik, 255 x 105 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2010.8.3. Gift of Katie Heffernan.