Title
Funeral shroud
Year/Period
Late 19th century
Region
Laos
Dimension
Gross measurement: 169 x 90 cm
Accession No.
2011-01500
Collection of
This funeral shroud is a weft ikat featuring a patola pattern. It is woven in hand-reeled silk using vegetable dyes. Its exceptional length strongly suggests it was commissioned as a coffin cover (phaa pok long).
