Sapa-Lwe (Manuscript Wrapper)
c. 1860 (made)
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Patterned with alternating plain blue and geometrically decorated bands of terra-cotta, dark blue, pale green, beige & cream. Warp ends finished in borders of fine multicolored stripes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Made from strips of cotton fabric & cotton threads interwoven between a warp of small bamboo sticks. |
| Brief description | Wrapper or cover for a manuscript (sapa-lwe) consisting of lengths of split bamboo woven alternatively with geometrically patterned bands of cotton thread in colours and strips of indigo-dyed cotton fabric. Burma, c. 1860. |
| Physical description | Patterned with alternating plain blue and geometrically decorated bands of terra-cotta, dark blue, pale green, beige & cream. Warp ends finished in borders of fine multicolored stripes. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Herbert |
| Production | On acquisition thought to be a portion of a Pankha (fan), India. In 1999 identified as a Burmese sapa-lwe (a protective manuscript cloth). See S. Fraser-Lu "Burmese Crafts"; 1994; p. 286; pls. 271 & 272. |
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| Accession number | 578-1905 |
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| Record created | May 8, 2000 |
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