Pah-Soe
ca. 1870 (made)
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Part of a pah-soe (man's skirt) woven in luntaya silk, or '100' shuttles, interlocking tapestry weave. The cloth is made up of five repeats of various weft acheik (horizontal wave) patterns with checkered end borders in pinks, blues, yellows and greens on a ground of dark pink shading to lilac and to dark blue. This length would have formed half a pah-soe.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry woven silk |
| Brief description | Part of a pah-soe (man's skirt) tapestry woven in luntaya silk, possibly made in Mandalay, ca. 1870 |
| Physical description | Part of a pah-soe (man's skirt) woven in luntaya silk, or '100' shuttles, interlocking tapestry weave. The cloth is made up of five repeats of various weft acheik (horizontal wave) patterns with checkered end borders in pinks, blues, yellows and greens on a ground of dark pink shading to lilac and to dark blue. This length would have formed half a pah-soe. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr T.B. Clarke-Thornhill, Esq. |
| Production | Originally in Textile Dept and thought to be 18th century. Moorish. Revised label from information supplied by Mr. Stanley Clarke (Keeper Indian Museum 1926-1929). Transferred to Indian Section RP 1964/155. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885) |
| Bibliographic reference | Ferrars, Max and Bertha. Burma
London: 1901. 59 & 60p., ill.
Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Handwoven Textiles of South East Asia
Oxford University Press: 1988. 50 & 86p. ill.
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| Accession number | T.244-1917 |
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| Record created | September 6, 1999 |
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