DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Lilen

NameBreast cloth

CultureArang/Mro people, Chin group

DateEarly 20th century

Place madeWestern, Myanmar (Burma), Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia, Asia

MediumCotton, silk, glass beads

DimensionsOverall: 23 1/16 x 10 7/8 in. (58.5 x 27.7 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Purchase

Object numberFA.2011.19.1

DescriptionShort length of cloth, embroidered in appearance (but actually woven) in an overall multicolored series of small linear and geometric forms. A ticked multicolored band runs horizontally near the center. The top and bottom edges are finished with small yellow and white glass beads and the ends are selvaged with multicolored ticks. The back is black. Overall dark rust red over black, with white, magenta, green, orange and yellow.