Unknown Artist
- Title
- Ceremonial cloth with banded geometric designs
- Other titles:
- Ceremonial sash with banded geometric design
- Place of origin
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Luang Prabang →
Laos
- Year
- mid 19th century-early 20th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- silk and dyes with silver thread; supplementary weft weave
- Dimensions
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22.2 x 182.0 cm [weft x warp]; 202.0cm [warp with tassle]
- Credit
- Gift of Nomadic Rug Traders 2003
- Accession number
- 228.2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
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
