Hta-Mein
ca. 1870 (made)
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4397A and 4397B originally formed one garment but at some time it was cut down the middle forming the present two sections. Treated as a whole it is composed of three parts. A red cotton waistband joined to a strip of acheik (horizontal wave patterned) silk textile with checkered end borders of indigo, white, coral, red and yellow to which is attached a separately woven pink silk train partly patterned in fine horizontal stripes in red, violet, maroon and yellow. These components are hand stitched together.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton cloth and silk cloth of luntaya ( "one hundred shuttles"interlocking tapestry weave) technique. |
| Brief description | Burmese multi-coloured cotton and silk hta-mein (now in two parts). Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). ca. 1875. Acheik-luntaya patterned area. |
| Physical description | 4397A and 4397B originally formed one garment but at some time it was cut down the middle forming the present two sections. Treated as a whole it is composed of three parts. A red cotton waistband joined to a strip of acheik (horizontal wave patterned) silk textile with checkered end borders of indigo, white, coral, red and yellow to which is attached a separately woven pink silk train partly patterned in fine horizontal stripes in red, violet, maroon and yellow. These components are hand stitched together. |
| Style | |
| Bibliographic reference | Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Handwoven Textiles of South-East Asia
Oxford University Press: 1988. 50 & 88p., ill.
Fraser-Lu, Sylvia Burmese Crafts: Past and Present
Oxford University Press: 1994. 262p., ill
Ferrars, Max & Bertha. Burma
London, 1901: 60p., ill. 136 & 137
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4397A/(IS) |
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| Record created | May 25, 1999 |
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