Head Cloth
before 1880 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
White with borders of repeating stripes (45 cm) in supplementary weave.
1. red cotton
2. red, blue and white
3. Central band of wavy and diamond shapes in blue, red and yellow.
Ends finished in long fringe of twisted white cotton
1. red cotton
2. red, blue and white
3. Central band of wavy and diamond shapes in blue, red and yellow.
Ends finished in long fringe of twisted white cotton
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton. Partly dyed. Plain and supplementary weaving |
| Brief description | A head cloth of a woman of the Karen group of hill people. Plain and supplementary weave of white cotton with borders of repeating patterned stripes in red, blue, yellow and white. c. before 1880 |
| Physical description | White with borders of repeating stripes (45 cm) in supplementary weave. 1. red cotton 2. red, blue and white 3. Central band of wavy and diamond shapes in blue, red and yellow. Ends finished in long fringe of twisted white cotton |
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| Production | In the opinion of Sandra Dudley, Pitt Rivers Museum in 1999, this is a hko peu ki (headcloth) of a married woman of the Paku Karen. A hill people who live mainly in south and south east Burma. See also 5611 (IS); 5614 (IS); 5615 (IS). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4565(IS) |
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| Record created | January 27, 2004 |
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