Sash The last 28 inches of each sash ends are dyed black. Final 10 inches of these ends have grid and weave embroidery in white, yellow, green, blue and pink snowflake-like pattern. Ends finished in .25 inches of white, yellow and red embroidery. Main body of sash is indigo dyed hemp (?).
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Laos
Culture or time period:
Mien
Collection date:
1991
Materials:
Textile materials (hemp?)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Snowflakes (motifs)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
1962
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Whole— width 16 inches and Whole— length 206 inches