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Cloth with luntaya design
approx. 1875-1925
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, United States
Textiles such as this one, with its horizontal wave- or vine-like bands in interlocking tapestry weave called "luntaya acheik" were always expensive because of the exacting and time-consuming effort required to produce them. Red and green patterns were reserved for the use of members of the royal court.
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- Title: Cloth with luntaya design
- Date Created: approx. 1875-1925
- Location Created: Myanmar (Burma); Mandalay region
- Physical Dimensions: W. 23 in x L. 50 in, W. 58.4cm x L. 127.0 cm
- Rights: Public Domain
- Medium: Silk with plain-weave weft-patterned design and metal wrapped threads
- Credit Line: Asian Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Stephen A. Sherwin and Merrill Randol Sherwin, 2010.542
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