DepartmentTextiles-Asia
Skirt
NameSkirt
CultureTa-Oi
DateMid-20th century
Place madePossibly Thua Thien-hue Province, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 41 5/16 x 79 1/2 in. (105 x 202 cm)
Credit LineGift of Janis and William Wetsman
Object numberA.2011.36.4
DescriptionDark blue skirt with wide attached "belt" at top. The belt has a cream colored central band ending in double faced brocade geometrics, and with red, white, blue and gold bands above and below, including small ikat stripes. The skirt has a similarly woven, wide horizontal central band, over which is sewn a rectangular vertical band, the dark blue half of the overlay covering the multicolored brocade stripe below. At the hem is a narrow red woven band with yellow spiraling motifs along the top.
Early to mid-20th century
Artist Not Recorded
mid 1980s