Not on display

Yinzi

1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Myanmar (made)

Silk yinzi, with yellow, white, green, blue, and lilac weft patterns on a pink warp ground. The ends are fringed and decorated wtiha wide border of weft stripes filled with diamond motifs

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Accessories
Clothing
Object type
Yinzi
Materials and techniques
Silk weft ikat
Silk (Textile)
Ikat
Brief description
Woman's yinzi, silk weft-ikat, Paw Khon village, Inlay Lake Burma (Myanmar), 1996
Physical description
Silk yinzi, with yellow, white, green, blue, and lilac weft patterns on a pink warp ground. The ends are fringed and decorated wtiha wide border of weft stripes filled with diamond motifs
Dimensions
  • Length: 100cm (Note: transcribed from department register)
  • Width: 33cm (Note: transcribed from department register)
  • Fringe length: 18cm (Note: transcribed from department register)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.16-1996

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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