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Unknown Maker, Vietnamese

Man's loincloth

Maker

Unknown Maker, Vietnamese

Culture

Vietnamese, Co-Tu

Title

Man's loincloth

Year

ca. 1960

Medium

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

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

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

Materials

cotton, glass beads, acrylic

Geography

Place Made: Quang Nam (province); Place Made: Thua Thien-Hue (province); Place Made: Vietnam

Dimensions

Length: 388 cm (152 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2001.3.13

Type

  • Textiles

Exhibition History

Razzle-Dazzle
The Language of Ornament in Asian Costume and Textiles
Jun 16, 2006 – Oct 15, 2006
In the Spirit of Miss Lucy
Recent Acquisitions in Asian Textiles
Jun 11, 2004 – Oct 31, 2004

Label copy

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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Unknown Maker, Vietnamese
Man's loincloth, ca. 1960
Cotton, acrylic, glass beads; plain weave with supplementary weft patterning and beadwork
Length: 388 cm (152 3/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2001.3.13

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