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Man's Ein-Gyi

1950s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Man's ein-gyi jacket of woven synthetic silk rayon. Grey and waist length with long sleeves, two pockets on the wearer's left side, one with a secondary pocket and one pocket on the wear's right side. The fastenings are made of knotted tubes of cloth which form a simple design down the front of the jacket.

Constructed from two main pieces of cloth, each forming one side of the jacket and joined to itself to form the sleeve and underarm seam. The two are joined together at a seam down the centre back.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven synthetic silk rayon, machine and hand-stitched
Brief description
Man's ein-gyi jacket of woven synthetic silk rayon, Rangoon, 1950s
Physical description
Man's ein-gyi jacket of woven synthetic silk rayon. Grey and waist length with long sleeves, two pockets on the wearer's left side, one with a secondary pocket and one pocket on the wear's right side. The fastenings are made of knotted tubes of cloth which form a simple design down the front of the jacket.

Constructed from two main pieces of cloth, each forming one side of the jacket and joined to itself to form the sleeve and underarm seam. The two are joined together at a seam down the centre back.
Dimensions
  • Shoulder to hem length: 56cm
  • Arm to arm width: 160cm
Credit line
Given by Mr Noel F. Singer
Object history
Acquired by the donor in Rangoon.
Bibliographic reference
Ferrars, Max and Bertha. Burma London: 1901. 60p., ill 115 & 288 Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Burmese Crafts: Past and Present Oxford University Press: 1994. 270p.
Collection
Accession number
IS.113-1983

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Record createdSeptember 15, 1999
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