Tubeskirt

Title
Tubeskirt
Year/Period
c. 1940s
Region
Vientiane
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 88.7 x 69.5 cm
Accession No.
T-0965

This 'phaa sin' or tubeskirt is woven with deep maroon silk with thin strips of geometric designs in supplementary weft in white silk.It has a light purple silk waistband decorated with colourful stripes and silver supplementary-weft. The end of the phaa sin is decorated with a band of gold supplementary-weft band. Women of all ages wear the phaa sin made of either silk or cotton in this region.