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Married Woman's Blouse
Married Woman's Blouse
Married Woman's Blouse

Married Woman's Blouse

Maker SGAW
Date1850-1900
Place madeMyanmar / Burma, Southeast Asia, Asia
Place madeBurma, Southeast Asia, Asia
Place madeMyanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumCotton, grass, Job's tears seeds, wool
Dimensions32 × 29 in. (81.2802 × 73.6601 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.343
Object numberA.1995.93.343
DescriptionBurmese woman's sleeveless blouse; handwoven indigo-dyed cloth, decorated with Job's tear seeds, a type of tropical grass. British wool cloth, and imported commercial cotton cloth; colors are blue, red, white, tan.
On View
Not on view
Garment cloth
Late 19th - early 20th century
Seed basket
Artist unrecorded
Seed basket
Artist unrecorded
Seed basket
Artist unrecorded
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ca. 1965
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Title holder's headdress or Nyim's crown
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