panel

Panel, posssibly from mattress cover, of red cotton with bands of continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft in multicoloured cotton thread at each end. At the centre, divided by a band of six-petalled motifs in discontinuous supplementary weft in several colours, are four naga motifs, one in blue, one in green and two in greenish gold, these with a blue stripe along the spine. In the background are diamond and star shapes. These and the naga give the appearance of embroidery. Lao Neua. Laos (AF68.1)

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2008.186
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 410 mm x 1310 mm
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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