Not on display

Longyi

1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bands of acheik (horizontal wave) patterns in black, white, orange, red, yellow and green on a light red and orange ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton with supplementary weave patterns.
Brief description
Burmese woman's cotton longyi piece.1996. Multi-coloured acheik patterns on a red and orange ground.
Physical description
Bands of acheik (horizontal wave) patterns in black, white, orange, red, yellow and green on a light red and orange ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 174cm
  • Width: 106cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Frances Franklin
Object history
Bought by the donor from Monywa market. Non tribal, woven in the Monywa area.
Bibliographic reference
Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Handwoven Textiles of South-East Asia Oxford University Press; 1988. 91p.
Collection
Accession number
IS.21-1996

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Record createdJuly 12, 1999
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