Hta-Mein
ca. 1850 (made)
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Composed of two parts. A strip of seven repeat rows of acheik (horizontal wave patterned) silk textile with checkered end borders in reds, greens and yellows on a warp ground of alternating bands of red and green to which is attached a separately woven silk train of pink with a pattern of fine stripes in maroon and white. The components are hand stitched together.
To complete the hta-mein there would have been a cotton waistband of a dark colour joined to the acheik panel and the whole would have been lined with a soft cotton cloth.
To complete the hta-mein there would have been a cotton waistband of a dark colour joined to the acheik panel and the whole would have been lined with a soft cotton cloth.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk luntaya ("100 shuttles" interlocking tapestry weave) and plain silk weave. |
| Brief description | Burmese multi-coloured silk hta-mein (incomplete). Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). ca. 1850. Acheik-luntaya patterned area. |
| Physical description | Composed of two parts. A strip of seven repeat rows of acheik (horizontal wave patterned) silk textile with checkered end borders in reds, greens and yellows on a warp ground of alternating bands of red and green to which is attached a separately woven silk train of pink with a pattern of fine stripes in maroon and white. The components are hand stitched together. To complete the hta-mein there would have been a cotton waistband of a dark colour joined to the acheik panel and the whole would have been lined with a soft cotton cloth. |
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| Style | |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Case 16] '0487. MAN'S GARMENT. "Patso," striped silk; Tenasserim. 3785' |
| Production | Acquired by the India Museum from Tennassarim, Martaban Province in 1855. Previously considered to be a pah-soe (man's wrap around skirt). |
| Bibliographic reference | Ferrars, Max & Bertha. Burma
London: 1901. 60p. ill 136 & 137.
Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Handwoven Textiles of South-East Asia
Oxford University Press: 1988. 50 & 88p., ill.
Burmese Crafts: Past and Present
Oxford University Press: 1994. 262p. ill. |
| Other number | 3785 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0487(IS) |
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| Record created | June 2, 1999 |
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