Title
Pants
Year/Period
Mid 20th century, c.1960s
Region
Northern Thailand
Dimension
Object size: 77 x 124.5 cm
Accession No.
1993-01254
Collection of
The Lisu woman's outfit consist of a cotton tunic, apron, leggings and knee-length black Chinese-style pants such as this example.Thai Lisu do not use hemp cloth anymore, but rather commercially produced cotton and synthetic materials. The older style women's outfits have simple appliquéd strips of cotton on the tunic and apron, while today younger women wear more elaborately decorated tunics, with black trousers and leggings.
