Title
Ceremonial skirt with stripes
Year/Period
Early to mid 20th century
Region
Laos
Material
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: 87 x 59.5 cm
Accession No.
2012-00297
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Percival Vatsaloo
This skirt has a dramatic design comprising multicoloured vertical stripes and wide bands of supplementary weft, woven zig zags and other interlocking motifs in red, black, purple, yellow and green silk.This design is one of many that could have been made by various communities including Tai Neua, Tai Phuan or Tai Khang.The Tai began to move out of southern China into northern areas of mainland Southeast Asia during the 12th century. The rich textile-weaving legacy remains today, although designs and markets for such textiles are changing with globalisation.
