Mru Chin
Burma, NW Rakhine State
Woman's Short Tubular Skirt (wan klai)
INV-1821
Mru Chin
Burma, NW Rakhine State1915/45
Woman's Short Tubular Skirt (wan klai)
Mru Chin Burma, NW Rakhine State →textileneedlework (visual works)
Date
1915/45
Medium
Cotton, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with band of supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; embellished by discontinuous supplementary wrapping elements; beaded selvage fringe of cotton, glass beads and seed pods, some terminating in pompoms
Dimensions
90 × 40.3 cm (35 3/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment
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