Hta-Mein
ca. 1850 (made)
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Composed of three parts. A brown cotton waistband joined to a strip of acheik (horizontal wave patterned) silk textile composed of 4 weft bands of repeat patterns in black, lime, gold colour, red, coral and white on a warp ground of bands of green, yellow red and white to which is attached a separately woven pink silk train worked with a pattern of narrow stripes in brown, red and yellow highlighted with silver threads. These components are hand stitched together and lined in cotton.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk luntaya ("100 shuttles" interlocking tapestry weave) cloth, silver threads and plain cotton weave. |
| Brief description | Burmese multi-coloured cotton and silk hta-mein. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). ca. 1850. Acheik-luntaya patterned area. |
| Physical description | Composed of three parts. A brown cotton waistband joined to a strip of acheik (horizontal wave patterned) silk textile composed of 4 weft bands of repeat patterns in black, lime, gold colour, red, coral and white on a warp ground of bands of green, yellow red and white to which is attached a separately woven pink silk train worked with a pattern of narrow stripes in brown, red and yellow highlighted with silver threads. These components are hand stitched together and lined in cotton. |
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| Production | Acquired from Pegu by the India Museum in 1855. |
| 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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| Other number | 3792 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 4408(IS) |
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| Record created | May 26, 1999 |
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