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Blanket
- Place of origin:
Burma
Rakhine State (made) - Date:
c. 1850 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Cotton textile. Weaving. Dyeing.
- Museum number:
4811(IS)
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
A man's shawl/blanket. Two lengths stitched together, each L. 2 meters 20 cm. x W. 70 cm.
Navy with woven patterns of fine white stripes along the length and two horizontal widely spaced red and yellow bands.
Place of Origin
Burma
Rakhine State (made)
Date
c. 1850 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Cotton textile. Weaving. Dyeing.
Dimensions
Length: 220 cm, Width: 140 cm
Object history note
Received from Arracan in 1855
Descriptive line
Possibly a Chin man's garment to be worn in cool weather from Rakhine State Burma. Dark blue with white, red and yellow stripes. c. 1850.
Production Note
1880 Slip Book states that this garment was received from Arracan in 1855 and goes onto describe it as a man's garment or in local terminology a khess. According to Sabah Husain in Sept 1995 this is an Indian term used to describe a shawl like garment thrown over the shoulders by men in cool weather. Sandra Dudley of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford in 1999 attributes it probably to the Chin hill people.
Materials
Cotton textile; Dye
Techniques
Weaving; Dyeing
Categories
India Museum
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection