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Headwrapper (ta po lai)

A work made of 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.

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  • A work made of 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.

Date:

1930/55

Artist:

Lauktu Chin
Burma, NW Rakhine State, Ann Township

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Lauktu Chin

Title

Headwrapper (ta po lai)

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 1930–1955

Medium

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

Dimensions

157 × 68.6 cm (61 3/4 × 27 in.)

Credit Line

Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment

Reference Number

2003.311

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