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DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Phoenix

NameHanging

CultureKmer Loer (Montagnards)

Datec. 1900-1940

Place madeCentral Highlands, CAMBODIA, CAMBODIA, Southeast Asia, ASIA

MediumVelvet, silk, cotton, glass beads, wool or synthetic yarn, mirrors

DimensionsOverall: 11 x 38 3/8 in. (28 x 97.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Elizabeth Berry, A.1999.26.37

Object numberA.1999.26.37

Collections

Asia

DescriptionRed velvet, heavily beaded with multi-colored beads. Two fanciful phoenix birds prance on either side of a flowering plant; many butterflies in background and within a border all around. Metal beads and wool tassels along bottom edge.

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