Blouse
late 19th century (made)
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Woman's blouse of black cotton with embroidered silk and dyed. Square-cut long blouse with neck and arm openings. Embroidery edges the openings and runs down the middle of the garment, both back and front, forming narrow stripes on a black ground.
Formed with two lengths folded in half to form shoulders. Hand stitched front, back and sides allowing for head and arm openings.
Formed with two lengths folded in half to form shoulders. Hand stitched front, back and sides allowing for head and arm openings.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton with silk threads, dyed |
| Brief description | Woman's blouse of cotton with embroidered silks, Karen State, Burma, late 19th century. |
| Physical description | Woman's blouse of black cotton with embroidered silk and dyed. Square-cut long blouse with neck and arm openings. Embroidery edges the openings and runs down the middle of the garment, both back and front, forming narrow stripes on a black ground. Formed with two lengths folded in half to form shoulders. Hand stitched front, back and sides allowing for head and arm openings. |
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| Object history | This blouse was acquired from Lady Scott. Wife of Sir James George Scott; "Shway-Yoe". Part of a collection made by Sir George during his period of service in Burma between the years 1886 and 1910. Long black cotton blouse worn by a woman of the Pa O ethnic group from Karen State in S. E. Burma. Partly embroidered with silk threads. |
| Historical context | The Pa O (sometimes called Taungthu) are a hill people who build their villages on the eastern side of Karen State along the Thai border or in the South Shan States. |
| Production | Attributed to the Pa O a sub-group of the Karen by Sarah Dudley of Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford in 1999. |
| Bibliographic reference | Sylvia Fraser-Lu "S.E. Asian Textiles"; 1988; p. 94-95 |
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| Accession number | IM.148-1929 |
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| Record created | March 15, 2004 |
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