Man's Skirt
early 1850s (made)
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This beautifully patterned, voluminously wrapped and draped silk skirt, is known as a
pah-soe. Dating to before 1855, it was worn by fashionable Burmese gentlemen during festive occasions. Typical of a formal pah-soe, it is woven in vivid colours and displays the unique Burmese pattern called '100 shuttles' in an interlocking tapestry weave known as acheik-luntaya. It would have formed part of an ensemble, with an ein-gyi (jacket).
pah-soe. Dating to before 1855, it was worn by fashionable Burmese gentlemen during festive occasions. Typical of a formal pah-soe, it is woven in vivid colours and displays the unique Burmese pattern called '100 shuttles' in an interlocking tapestry weave known as acheik-luntaya. It would have formed part of an ensemble, with an ein-gyi (jacket).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fine quality silk luntaya ('100 shuttles' interlocking tapestry weave) cloth |
| Brief description | Burmese silk pah-soe. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). ca. 1850. Acheik-luntaya patterns in various colours. |
| Physical description | Formed of two identical lengths (each W. 61 cm.) handstitched along one side (ie. selvage to selvage). The main body of each length is made up of over 3 pattern repeats of weft acheik (horizontal wave) patterns with checkered end borders in vivid colours of coral, lime, red, white, yellow, blue and navy. |
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| Object history | Received 1855. Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [ROOM 8. Case 44.] '0798. SCARF. Silk, crimson ground, zigzag stripes of various colours; Burmah. 3,177' |
| Production | Received from Tenasserim of Martabon Province. |
| Summary | This beautifully patterned, voluminously wrapped and draped silk skirt, is known as a pah-soe. Dating to before 1855, it was worn by fashionable Burmese gentlemen during festive occasions. Typical of a formal pah-soe, it is woven in vivid colours and displays the unique Burmese pattern called '100 shuttles' in an interlocking tapestry weave known as acheik-luntaya. It would have formed part of an ensemble, with an ein-gyi (jacket). |
| Associated object | 5631(IS) (Object) |
| Bibliographic reference | Ferrars, Max and Bertha. Burma
London: 1901. pp. 59 & 60, ill.
Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Handwoven Textiles of South East Asia
Oxford University Press: 1988. pp. 50 & 86, ill.
Franklin & Swallow. Identifying with the Gods
Hali Annual Edition 1994: p. 53, ill. Fig 9 |
| Other number | 3177 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0798(IS) |
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| Record created | July 26, 1999 |
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