Title
Pair of leggings
Year/Period
Mid 20th century, c.1960s
Region
Northern Thailand
Accession No.
1993-01255
Collection of
The Lisu woman's outfit consist of a cotton tunic, apron, pants and red leggings decorated with blue cloth such as this one.Thai Lisu do not use hemp cloth anymore, but rather commercially produced cotton and synthetic materials. The older style women's outfits have simple appliquéd strips of cotton on the tunic and apron, while today younger women wear more elaborately decorated tunics, with black trousers and leggings.
