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Woman's breastcloth (ah khin)
Burmese (Khami, Chin)
20th century
Object Place: Arakan State, Burma
Medium/Technique
Cotton; warp-faced plain-weave with continuous supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Overall: 38.1 x 74.9 cm (15 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession Number2005.157
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRectangular light red cotton cloth with narrow hand rolled, hand stitched hems. The primary design elements are of a wide central lengthwise band of a large diamond-shaped latticework made up of small geometric motifs in red, yellow, pale green and white supplemental patterning flanked by two outer bands of a smaller diamond-shaped latticework. The three bands are separated by two narrower bands of repeating rows of diamond motifs in red, pale green, yellow and white.
ProvenanceAcquired by Tribal Spirits in Burma, 1980s-1990s; Purchased by the MFA, April 27, 2005