This sarong is decorated with a buketan (bouquet) design. The background of both the kepala (head) and badan (body) is adorned with floral motifs and set within floral-filled borders. It is signed “Nj: Oeij Kok Sing” and stamped “Oeij Kok Sing / 17 Oct 40”. Oeij is the historical Dutch spelling for Oey, a Chinese Indonesian surname of Hokkien origin.Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing was a second-generation batik maker in Pekalongan. She began to produce high quality batiks in the 1920s. Her batiks from the 1930s reveal great technical virtuosity and a creative use of colour, made possible by synthetic dyes from Europe. After the Second World War, her daughter Jane Hendromartono (1924–1988) took over the family batik business.
