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Vietnamese Co-Tu, Quang Nam (province) Thua Thien-Hue (province) Vietnam

Man's loincloth, ca. 1960

Description

Maker

Culture

Vietnamese

Title

Man's loincloth

Year

ca. 1960

Medium

Cotton, acrylic, glass beads; plain weave with supplementary weft patterning and beadwork

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

Length: 388 cm (152 3/4 inches)

Place

Quang Nam (province); Thua Thien-Hue (province); Vietnam

Type

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2001.3.13

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

In the Spirit of Miss Lucy

June 11 - October 31, 2004

Traditional forms often incorporate new materials. The fringes on the ends of this loincloth from the Co Tu people of the Vietnamese central highlands are made from acrylic yarns, a fiber not available in the region until the late 1960s or 70s. The beads, here of white glass, would originally have been handmade locally of lead or wood. Today the Co Tu use plastic beads imported from China to ornament their ceremonial textiles.

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