Hko Peu Ki (Head Cloth)
before 1867 (made)
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Woman's hko peu ki (head cloth) of which the main body is white with ends decorated in diamond shapes and stripes in red, green, yellow and black and finished with long knotted fringes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Unbleached cotton, thread, dye. Plain and continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft weaving. Dyeing |
| Brief description | A hko peu ki (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, green, yellow and black. c. before 1867 |
| Physical description | Woman's hko peu ki (head cloth) of which the main body is white with ends decorated in diamond shapes and stripes in red, green, yellow and black and finished with long knotted fringes. |
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| Production | 1880 Slip Book states that this garment was received in "Burmah" in 1867 and describes it as a cotton head-dress. In the opinion of Sandra Dudley, Pitt Rivers Museum in 1999, this is a hko peu ki (head cloth) of a married woman of the Paku Karen. A hill people who live mainly in south and south east Burma. See also 4565 (IS); 5614 (IS); 5615 (IS). |
| Other number | 6136 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 5611(IS) |
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| Record created | January 28, 2004 |
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