Longyi
ca. 1935-1939 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Length of cloth stitched together to make a tubular garment.
Red with blue warp stripes which encircle one third of the garment (1 wide and 21 narrow; 21.6 cm) - to be worn either at the waist or at the hem. Further decorated with an area of vertical supplementary weft pinstripes; (L. 48.3 cm x W. 25.4 cm.).
Red with blue warp stripes which encircle one third of the garment (1 wide and 21 narrow; 21.6 cm) - to be worn either at the waist or at the hem. Further decorated with an area of vertical supplementary weft pinstripes; (L. 48.3 cm x W. 25.4 cm.).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton. Hand loomed. Dyed |
| Brief description | A red and blue striped tubular garment originating from one of the ethnic groups in Burma. Hand woven. c. 1935 to 1939 |
| Physical description | Length of cloth stitched together to make a tubular garment. Red with blue warp stripes which encircle one third of the garment (1 wide and 21 narrow; 21.6 cm) - to be worn either at the waist or at the hem. Further decorated with an area of vertical supplementary weft pinstripes; (L. 48.3 cm x W. 25.4 cm.). |
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| Object history | Believed to have been acquired by the donor's father whilte resident in Burma in the second half of the 1930s. |
| Historical context | Possibly originating from an ethnic group of the Kachin or Shan States. |
| Other number | LOAN:COCHRANE D F.14 - Previous loan number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.36-1998 |
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| Record created | November 5, 2003 |
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