Title
Man’s blanket
20th century
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Myanmar
- Cultural origin
- Chin people, Laytu sub-group
- Date
- 20th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- cotton with two-faced and mixed-faced supplementary weft patterning, countered weft twining, pom-poms gathered along the seam, and running overhand knots
- Dimensions
- 145.6 x 67.4 cm (irreg.)
- Credit
- Gift of John Yu, in memory of George Soutter 2012. Donated through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program.
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 86.2012
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About
This is an example of a Laytu Chin textile from Burma. The warp-faced textile is embellished with stripes, pom-poms, and elaborate supplementary weft designs in the two white stripes. Typically for backstrap woven cloths, this wrap is made of two pieces of fabric joined together with running overhand knots. Such cloths were used for ceremonial events such as feasts and funerals.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, February 2012.
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Places
Where the work was made
Myanmar