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Man's bag
Burmese (possibly Karen)
British colonial rule
1860–80
Object Place: Shan, Myanmar (Burma)
Medium/Technique
Cotton, seeds (Job's Tears), natural dyes; plain weave; discontinuous supplementary weft patterning, embroidered
Dimensions
Overall (Includes shoulder strap and fringe): 77 x 22 x 1.5 cm (30 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Walter Bushell
Accession Number1981.275
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
Description2 rectangles: one folded length-wise forming sides and strap, one folded on width forming center panels. Black cotton rep brocaded with pink, orange, white, green, purple and white metallic yarns in alternating bands of color and white metal; metallic bands embroidered with black cotton in zig-zag pattern; orange selveges. Red cotton joins panels in crossed overcasting stitches and binds edges of center panel. White seeds (Job's tears) along joins on faces and forming stars at sides; warp yarns form long fringe at bottom sides. Condition: many seeds missing.
ProvenanceCollected by Walter Bushell, a Baptist missionary to Burma, between 1860 and 1880; gift to MFA on June 10, 1981