Length of Silk
ca. 1850 (made)
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Length of cloth possibly to be used for a pah-soe (man's wrap around skirt). White ground with blurred stripes of varying widths in lime, deep pink, green, orange, grey and yellow finishing in broad end borders ( L.24 cm.)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, weft-ikat |
| Brief description | Length of silk weft-ikat cloth, patterned with multi-coloured stripes; Ava, Burma, Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885), ca. 1850. |
| Physical description | Length of cloth possibly to be used for a pah-soe (man's wrap around skirt). White ground with blurred stripes of varying widths in lime, deep pink, green, orange, grey and yellow finishing in broad end borders ( L.24 cm.) |
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| Object history | Presented by the King of Ava (Burma), Mindon Min, (r. 1853-78) to Lord Dalhousie - Governor General of India from 1848 to 1856. Acquired by the India Museum in 1855. Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Case 16] '0486. SILK. Piece of, striped; Burmah. 3688' |
| Bibliographic reference | Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Handwoven Textiles of South-East Asia
Oxford University Press, 1988. 42 & 90p. ill.
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| Other number | 3688 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0486(IS) |
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| Record created | May 5, 1999 |
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