Wrap-Skirt
ca. 1920 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Rectangular handwoven cloth made from three lengths and hand-sewn together along the weft edges.
Top Panel: (W. 21 cm.)
Central section black cotton weft and warp with four spaced double blue pinstripes in the warp weave. Borders (L. 38.5 cm) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementary weft.
Middle Panel: (W. 23 cm.)
Central section of black cotton weft and warp with four spaced double blue stripes and richly decorated with zig-zag, diamond and Chinese inspired key patterns including variations of the kanipu (poppy in bloom) in green, yellow, blue, white in a supplementary weft technique. Borders (L. 38.5 cm.) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementary weft.
Bottom Panel: (W. 24.5 cm)
Central section of black cotton weft and warp with 4 spaced double blue stripes and richly decorated with zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns including variations of the kanipu (poppy in bloom) in green, yellow, blue, white in a supplementary weft technique. Borders (L. 38.5) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementry weft.
Top Panel: (W. 21 cm.)
Central section black cotton weft and warp with four spaced double blue pinstripes in the warp weave. Borders (L. 38.5 cm) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementary weft.
Middle Panel: (W. 23 cm.)
Central section of black cotton weft and warp with four spaced double blue stripes and richly decorated with zig-zag, diamond and Chinese inspired key patterns including variations of the kanipu (poppy in bloom) in green, yellow, blue, white in a supplementary weft technique. Borders (L. 38.5 cm.) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementary weft.
Bottom Panel: (W. 24.5 cm)
Central section of black cotton weft and warp with 4 spaced double blue stripes and richly decorated with zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns including variations of the kanipu (poppy in bloom) in green, yellow, blue, white in a supplementary weft technique. Borders (L. 38.5) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementry weft.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton, thread, dye. Weaving, supplementary-weaving, stitching, dyeing. |
| Brief description | Jinghpaw woman's red and black patterned wrap-skirt (puk-hang) in cotton and wool. Kachin State; Burma c. 1920 |
| Physical description | Rectangular handwoven cloth made from three lengths and hand-sewn together along the weft edges. Top Panel: (W. 21 cm.) Central section black cotton weft and warp with four spaced double blue pinstripes in the warp weave. Borders (L. 38.5 cm) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementary weft. Middle Panel: (W. 23 cm.) Central section of black cotton weft and warp with four spaced double blue stripes and richly decorated with zig-zag, diamond and Chinese inspired key patterns including variations of the kanipu (poppy in bloom) in green, yellow, blue, white in a supplementary weft technique. Borders (L. 38.5 cm.) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementary weft. Bottom Panel: (W. 24.5 cm) Central section of black cotton weft and warp with 4 spaced double blue stripes and richly decorated with zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns including variations of the kanipu (poppy in bloom) in green, yellow, blue, white in a supplementary weft technique. Borders (L. 38.5) of black cotton warp and red wool (?goat's wool) decorated with rows of zig-zag, diamond and Chinese-inspired key patterns in a pink, green, yellow and blue supplementry weft. |
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| Credit line | Given by Jennifer F. M. Horne |
| Object history | The donor's father was in the Indian Medical Service and this puk-hang (wrap-skirt) together with a headcloth (IS.5-2004); a pair of leggings (IS.6-2004); a shoulder-bag (IS.7-2004) and a bachelor belt (IS.8-2004) was acquired by her mother in the 1920s when she was in Burma with her husband. |
| Historical context | This puk-hang (wrap-skirt) would have been worn by a woman of the Jinghpaw Tribe who traditionally built their villages on mountain ridges in Kachin State or norther Shan State in north east Burma. |
| Production | Previously considered by the donor to be from Karen State it was re-attributed by Frances Franklin & Deborah Swallow when it was received into the museum in 2003. For further examples see: 2359 (IS); 2360 (IS) & IS 144-1993. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.4-2004 |
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| Record created | March 8, 2004 |
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