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Catalog Number CAS 1991-0004-0014   CAS 1991-0004-0014; Jacket
Category Textiles
Object Name Jacket
Culture Phami Akha
Global Region Southeast Asia
Country Thailand
State/Prov./Dist. Chaing Rai
County
Other Geographic Data Village: Dag Akha
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cotton; Indigo and other dyes
Description Woman's jacket of hand woven, indigo-dyed cotton fabric with patchwork and cross-stitch embroidered panels on sleeves and overlapping cross-stitch embroidered panels on lower front and entire back of jacket.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 131.5, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 65.5