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Indo-Pacific Art
Woman’s Skirt (Thi Hni)
ca. 1955
One-faced supplementary-weft patterning; cotton and silk or mercerized cotton with miim seeds, brass tubes, and green beads
80 11/16 × 50 3/8 in. (205 × 128 cm)
Gift of Barbara G. Fraser and David W. Fraser
2019.46.16
Geography:
Made in Zahau, Myanmar
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Chin
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Textiles
Provenance:
David and Barbara Fraser, Yardley, Penn, 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
David W. Fraser and Barbara G. Fraser, Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, Bangladesh and India (Bangkok, Thailand: River Books, 2006), fig. 226.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
