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Temple hanging (pha pidan)
Cambodian (Khmer)
French Indochina
late 19th century
Object Place: Khmer Culture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Medium/Technique
Silk, uneven twill-weave, weft yarn resist-dyed (hol, ikat)
Dimensions
83.18 cm (32 3/4 in.).
Credit Line
Gift of the Textile and Costume Society, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Accession Number1993.694
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTemple hanging (pha pidan) in uneven twill-weave silk with dense pictorial design of life cycle of the historic Buddha in shades of purple, red, white, yellow and green.
Provenance1993, sold by Andres Moraga Textile Art, Berkeley, CA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1993)