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Woven Border of a Sarong

Arts of the Pacific Islands

MEDIUM Beads & Cotton
  • Place Made: Sumba, Indonesia
  • DIMENSIONS 2 3/4 × 53 9/16 in. (7 × 136 cm)
    ACCESSION NUMBER 45.183.32
    CREDIT LINE Dick S. Ramsay Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior provenance not yet documented; between 1906 and 1913, reportedly collected in Indonesia by A. J. C. van Kerckhoff of The Hague, Netherlands; July 17, 1930, purchased from A. J. C. van Kerckhoff by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; 1945, purchased from MFA Boston by the Brooklyn Museum.
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