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Dress blanket

Title

Dress blanket

Year/Period

Early 20th century

Region

Northern Chin State, Burma

Material

Cotton

Technique

Plain weave with supplementary weft.

Dimension

Object size: 154.6 x 108 cm

Accession No.

1997-03341

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Laura Kan

Such design—white weft stripes against an indigo field, and diamond patterning—is similar to dress blankets (can-lo puan) from the Haka area in the Northern Chin State, Burma. This type of blanket is traditionally worn by people of high status, such as women of the chief’s family. It is also used to wrap the head of a sacrificial buffalo or a buffalo foetus during some feasts.