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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