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Details
- Other Title
- Pha hom (blanket) with pattern of blue swastika on red ground
- Place where the work was made
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Sam Nuea
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Laos
- Cultural origin
- Tai Nuea people
- Date
- late 19th century-early 20th century
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- silk and natural dyes; supplementary weft weave
- Dimensions
- 86.0 x 196.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Nomadic Rug Traders 2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 216.2003
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About
As is typical, this blanket is composed of two sections joined down the centre. The textile has red warp and weft yarns. The main section of the cloth has blue supplementary wefts woven in a swastika pattern that is called a "key" design ('kachae'). The end panel is decorated with continuous and discontinuous weft yarns in green, pink, gold, pale yellow, and cream colours. There are also metal-wrapped threads to give the textile an expensive appearance. The designs include diamonds, nests of diamonds, and a stylised floral motif. There is also a fringe-like pattern ('soi saa') that relates to Thai and Cambodian textile designs.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, December 2011