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Lower body wrapper (pha nung, pha toi, pha chong kaben)
Siamese (Thai)
Chakri dynasty (1800–1932)
about 1850
Object Place: Thailand (Siam)
Medium/Technique
Silk, gold metallic thread; plain weave ground, discontinuous supplementary weft (mat mii, ikat)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Eldon R. James
Accession Number54.806
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRed silk ground cloth with gold small-scale supplementary weft lozenge repeat enclosing stylized blossom and leaves; multiple borders on all four sides of highly stylized plant forms, floral motifs in geometric designs with gold and red, purple, and green supplementary silk threads; weft yarns tie-dyed before weaving to form border stripes; fragile, many worn places, holes and breaks, cracked almost entire way around center horizontal fold.
The pattern is called "tepanom." This rectangular textile is worn wrapped around the waist, passed between the legs and tucked in at the back, or front, to form a pantaloon. The pha nung was commonly worn by both men and women up until the turn of the nineteenth century.
The pattern is called "tepanom." This rectangular textile is worn wrapped around the waist, passed between the legs and tucked in at the back, or front, to form a pantaloon. The pha nung was commonly worn by both men and women up until the turn of the nineteenth century.