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Details
- Other Title
- Elephant's headcloth
- Place where the work was made
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Laos
- Cultural origin
- Tai Lue people
- Date
- circa 1920
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- cotton and natural dyes; supplementary weft weave
- Dimensions
- 54.0 x 147.0 cm (irreg.)
- Credit
- Gift of Nomadic Rug Traders 2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 219.2003
- Copyright
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About
Many of these cloths are identified as elephant head cloths, but they are actually cloths used for wrapping and carrying babies among the Tai. This textile is made of hand-woven cotton with continuous supplementary weft threads forming the decorative patterning. The motifs include the 'saang hong' (mythical elephant-bird), the double-headed 'naga' (mythical serpent), roof-lines topped with 'nagas', mountain forms, and geometric shapes. One end has patterning that looks like a fringe ('soi saa'), a feature that is also found on textiles from Thailand and Cambodia.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, December 2011
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Places
Where the work was made
Laos
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Susan Scollay., Hali, 'The Art of Half the World', pg. 110-111, Mar 2004-Apr 2004, 110, 111 (colour illus.). no.5 (this has been incorrectly identified and should be no.6)
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