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A work made of cotton and silk, warp-striped plain weave with paired warps, supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and with self-patterning complementary ground wefts; embroidered with silk and cotton in buttonhole, double running, single satin and split stitches; embellished with cotton and glass beads.

Long Tunic (khreng tan)

1925/50

Sungtu Chin Burma, NW Rakhine State

Myanmar

Cotton and silk, warp-striped plain weave with paired warps, supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and with self-patterning complementary ground wefts; embroidered with silk and cotton in buttonhole, double running, single satin and split stitches; embellished with cotton and glass beads

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