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Oei Khing Liem
Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarung)circa 1940

Not on view
Silk textile panel with two contrasting fields — salmon-coral and periwinkle blue — each decorated with large iris, lilac, and daisy floral arrangements in violet and pink, with small hovering birds and a floral border along three edges

Oei Khing Liem, Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarung), circa 1940, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Inger McCabe Elliott Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Oei Khing Liem
Title
Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarung)
Place Made
Indonesia, Java, Pekalongan
Date Made
circa 1940
Period
20th century
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist (batik) on machine-woven cotton, synthetic dyes, waxed signature
Dimensions
42 1/8 x 39 6/8 in. (106.9975 x 100.965 cm) (tubular)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.214
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Heringa, Rens and Veldhuisen, Harmen. Fabric of Enchantment: Batik from the North Coast of Java. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Weatherhill, Inc., 1996.