Shirt
before 1880 (made)
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Long white shirt like garment. Selvages finished in terra cotta edging along the front, back and sides. Terra-cotta and black braid stitched to the neckline ending in tassels.
Garment decorated from waist to hem (57 cm.) with bands of geometric patterning in a fine supplementary weft weave of terra-cotta, black and gold threads. These are separated with strips of red ?cotton which are left long and loose at the sides.
The garment is made by hand stitching together two lengths of cloth to form a central seam and then folding the fabric in half. Holes are left in the upper corners for the arms and another opening is left in the centre seam for the neck
Garment decorated from waist to hem (57 cm.) with bands of geometric patterning in a fine supplementary weft weave of terra-cotta, black and gold threads. These are separated with strips of red ?cotton which are left long and loose at the sides.
The garment is made by hand stitching together two lengths of cloth to form a central seam and then folding the fabric in half. Holes are left in the upper corners for the arms and another opening is left in the centre seam for the neck
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton. Thread. Dye. Dyeing, stitching, hand and supplementary weaving. |
| Brief description | A shirt like garment, for a man or woman has still to be determined, of the Karen group of hill people. Hand woven white partly decorated with applied strips of red cotton and bands of supplementary weave in terra-cotta, black and gold, c. before 1880 |
| Physical description | Long white shirt like garment. Selvages finished in terra cotta edging along the front, back and sides. Terra-cotta and black braid stitched to the neckline ending in tassels. Garment decorated from waist to hem (57 cm.) with bands of geometric patterning in a fine supplementary weft weave of terra-cotta, black and gold threads. These are separated with strips of red ?cotton which are left long and loose at the sides. The garment is made by hand stitching together two lengths of cloth to form a central seam and then folding the fabric in half. Holes are left in the upper corners for the arms and another opening is left in the centre seam for the neck |
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| Object history | The Karen, a hill people, composed of distinctive groups, live mainly in south and south east Burma. Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Slip book entry 3804: 'Kareem [?] Woman's dress / Tenasserim Martabau / 55 / Jacket Gown & a Scarf of COtton & Body Dress Skirt'. 1880 Register Entry: '05751. GOWN. Cotton, embroidered. Scarf, cotton, embroidered with long fringe. Tenasserim. 3804.' |
| Production | The slip book entry lists a Karen woman's dress comprising of a jacket gown, and a scarf of cotton and body dress skirt. This is either the wrong slip book number or the scarf and skirt have been separated from the gown. Karen attribution is probably correct but it is possibly a man's shirt. |
| Other number | 3804 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 05751(IS) |
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| Record created | February 18, 2004 |
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