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Collections

Oei Khing Liem
Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarung)1937

Not on view
Vertical printed or embroidered textile panel with a salmon-pink central field scattered with small white flowers and a large cream and blue floral bouquet, surrounded by a lavender-toned border with birds and botanical motifs
Embroidered textile panel with a pink ground densely patterned with flowers, tall grasses, and leaves in blue, orange, cream, and gold, with small birds in flight; coral and blue floral border along top and bottom edges.

Oei Khing Liem, Woman's Hip Wrapper (Sarung), 1937, 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
1937
Medium
Hand-drawn wax resist (batik) on machine-woven cotton, synthetic dyes, waxed signature
Dimensions
41 3/4 x 75 5/8 in. (106 x 192.1 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.344
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.