A work made of outer panels: cotton, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; embellished with discontinuous supplementary wrapping elements; ends embroidered with cotton and wool in buttonhole stitches; couching; center panel: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; seam embroidered with cotton and wool in scroll stitches; couching.

Man's Loin Cloth (pa deri)

1920/45

Mru Chin Burma, NW Rakhine State, Butui Thaung Area, Arang subgroup

Myanmar

Outer panels: cotton, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; embellished with discontinuous supplementary wrapping elements; ends embroidered with cotton and wool in buttonhole stitches; couching; center panel: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; seam embroidered with cotton and wool in scroll stitches; couching

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