In Indochina

Rectangular canvas banner decorated with a multicoloured silk screen print called 'In Indochina'. The textile is one of seven commissioned by the Horniman Museum. The banner contains a central landscape motif including a stupa, and 3 ships on brown water, seen through an arched opening. The landscape is predominantly held in yellow and browns with blue, green, grey, white, red detailing. The corners above the arch are decorated with circular and foliate patterns in yellow, orange, cream, and brown. The panel is framed in blue. Metal eyelets are inserted at regular intervals along the top.

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