Baby Wrap Blanket (Pha Toom)

Name/Title

Baby Wrap Blanket (Pha Toom)

Entry/Object ID

2021.1.4

Description

This large rectangular piece of brightly colored pattern is a baby wrap blanket of the Thai khao people. The main field is brightly colored brocade with a magenta background bordered in a coarse plain-weave material in pale beige. Fabric "tassels" are attached to two adjacent corners. The brocade alternates wide stripes of geometric motifs with smaller stripes in the same colors

Acquisition

Accession

2021.1

Source or Donor

Leslie Nevison

Credit Line

Gift of Leslie Nevison

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Textile Details

Technique

Supplementary-weft Patterning

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Vientiane

Country

Laos

Culture/Tribe

Tai

Dimensions

Width

100 cm

Length

168 cm

Material

Cotton, Silk

Provenance

Notes

Purchased by Leslie Nevison in Vientiane in 1993.