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Lauktu Chin
Burma, NW Rakhine State, Ann Township
Headwrapper (ta po lai)1930/55
Sides: cotton, warp striped, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; ends embroidered with cotton in double running stitches terminating in cotton, knotted cut fringe tassels at selvage edge; center: cotton, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; all warp ends twined, plied, and knotted over cotton, cut to form pom-poms
152.3 x 63 cm (60 x 24 3/4 in.)
Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment, 2003.311
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