Striped tube skirt. Skirt made from three pieces of woven fabric sewn together and then again, along one side, to form a tube. Woven striped design in red, black and colourful dotted lines, and bands in red, pink, blue, yellow, green, off-white and black at the top and bottom edges.

• Narrative

  The donor wrote a book on Palong people who crossed into Thailand: ‘The Palaung in Northern Thailand’. Written by Michael C. Howard and Wattana Wattanapun, published by Silkworm Books in Chiang Mai.

• History Of Use

  Palaung glahng (tube skirt); the thin stripes at each end were said to be the fashion favored by younger, unmarried women.

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• Type of Item skirt
• Culture Palé
• Material cotton fibre, dye
• Measurements height 101.5 cm, width 61.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Michael C. Howard
• Received from Michael C. Howard

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• Creation Date between 1990 and 1995
• Collection Date during 1999
• Ownership Date before August 24, 2022
• Acquisition Date on August 24, 2022

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3587/0050