The Wuppertal textiles from what is now Indonesia came from Eduard von der Heydt, who gave them to the Städtisches Museum Wuppertal in 1937. The museum bought them from the art dealer Carel van Lier in Amsterdam. They were originally part of the curated collection of the German-Jewish banker Georg Tillmann, who lived in Amsterdam from 1932. Of the original 80 textiles, 68 have survived to this day, including fabrics from the islands of Java, Sumatra, Timor, Borneo and Bali in ikat, songket or batik techniques. Most of the pieces were created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when what is now Indonesia was under Dutch colonial rule. Former item number B 18. Sarong for women made of densely woven, plain weave cotton fabric, completely decorated with dark blue patterns on a light blue background, executed in hand-painted wax reserve technique - batik tulis. On the front of the fabric, the contours of the patterns are bordered with gold dust (p(e)rada technique). The edges of the woven fabric have unfinished selvedges. The two fabric edges are also unfinished.