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A135

From: India | Santong

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Kungehu Su
Object Number A135
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ao
Provenience India | Santong
Date Made Collected 1900
Section Asian
Materials Cotton | Cowrie Shell | Hair (uncertain)
Description

Kungehu Su. Three panels. Dark blue ground with seven sets of four horizontal red lines and thin, light blue lines separating the groups. Six sets of three, vertical, thin red lines throughout. The center has a 5x5 grid of bundles of red yarn. Fringe and tassels at two ends. Tassels are made from hair dyed blue or black with cowrie shells attached at the tassel bases. Three thin, vertical, red lines run along the fringed edges.

Length 115 cm
Width 192 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Henry Furness 3rd, Hiram M. Hiller, and Alfred Craven Harrison Jr., 1900

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