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Alms Bag

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Alms bag of coarse cotton brocaded in silk and cotton. With coix seeds sewn on. In white, yellow, green and red on a brick-red ground. The coix seeds form four petalled blossoms arranged in rows of threes.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton brocaded in silk and cotton, and sewn with coix seeds
Brief description
Alms bag of coarse cotton brocaded in silk and cotton, Thailand, ca. 1900
Physical description
Alms bag of coarse cotton brocaded in silk and cotton. With coix seeds sewn on. In white, yellow, green and red on a brick-red ground. The coix seeds form four petalled blossoms arranged in rows of threes.
Dimensions
  • With tying strings length: 16.5in
  • Width: 5.5in
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. M. Hinchley
Collection
Accession number
IM.39-1931

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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