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Woman's Breast-Cover (ah khin)

A work made of cotton and silk, warp striped, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; embellished with discontinuous supplementary wrapping elements; ends embroidered with cotton and silk in buttonhole stitches; cotton, piled, knotted corner tassels.

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  • A work made of cotton and silk, warp striped, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; embellished with discontinuous supplementary wrapping elements; ends embroidered with cotton and silk in buttonhole stitches; cotton, piled, knotted corner tassels.

Date:

1920/50

Artist:

Khami Chin
Burma, NW Rakhine State

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Khami Chin

Title

Woman's Breast-Cover (ah khin)

Place

Myanmar (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1920–1950

Medium

Cotton and silk, warp striped, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; embellished with discontinuous supplementary wrapping elements; ends embroidered with cotton and silk in buttonhole stitches; cotton, piled, knotted corner tassels

Dimensions

74.9 × 44.4 cm (29 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.) Above measurements does not include corner tassels ranging in length from: 6.6-7.2 cm (2 5/8-2 7/8 in.) Weft repeat: reverses on center a×is

Credit Line

Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment

Reference Number

2003.302

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