Unknown Artist
- Title
- Hipwrapper (sampot rbauk)
- Other titles:
- Ceremonial 'Wednesday' cloth (sampot rbauk)
Ceremonial cloth (sampot rbauk) - Place of origin
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Cambodia
- Year
- mid 19th century-late 19th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- silk with supplementary weft decoration
- Dimensions
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93.0 x 314.0cm [weft x warp]
- Credit
- Gift of Nomadic Rug Traders 2003
- Accession number
- 230.2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This richly decorated supplementary weft textile is modelled on Indian brocade cloths, but instead of using a gold-wrapped thread for the brocade as is the Indian technique, a yellow or gold coloured supplementary weft thread has been used to achieve the rich effect. The complex and intricate design suggests that it was made for ceremonial use. The colours - with green warp and red weft to give a shot effect - suggest an association with the planetary gods, Rahu and Ketu, the ascending and descending nodes of the moon. These gods are associated with Wednesday and so this cloth would have been used for ceremonial occasions held on Wednesdays.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.318.
- Bibliography (1)
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The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 318 (colour illus.). The colour illus. is a detail of this work.
