Title
Ritual cloth
Year/Period
Late 19th century-early 20th century
Region
Northern Laos
Dimension
Gross measurement: 227.5 x 42 cm
Accession No.
2011-01498
Collection of
This long cloth is woven with handspun cotton and silk. The design comprises mirror-images of a giant mythical sang-hong animal and a rare backward-looking Peacock-within-Deer motif. The cloth's hem shows ancestors riding sang-hong. The menagerie of mythical animals guided the deceased's spirit to heaven.
