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Title

Ceremonial cloth with banded geometric designs

mid 19th century-early 20th century

Artists

Unknown Artist

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  • Details

    Other Title
    Ceremonial sash with banded geometric design
    Place where the work was made
    Luang Prabang → Laos
    Date
    mid 19th century-early 20th century
    Media category
    Textile
    Materials used
    silk and dyes with silver thread; supplementary weft weave
    Dimensions
    22.2 x 202.0 cm
    Credit
    Gift of Nomadic Rug Traders 2003
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    228.2003
    Copyright

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    This cloth has pink warp threads and some pink weft threads. It is decorated with stripes, diamonds, 'kaap' (house gables), a four-legged creature, and the popular fringe pattern ('soi saa'). The decoration is produced with both continuous and discontinuous supplementary weaving using yarns of various colours and metal-wrapped threads.

    Asian Art Department, AGNSW, December 2011