Sash
Item number 473/15 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
The sash is black with ends elaborately decorated with buttons, beads, coins, shells and fur tassels. The ends are edged in blue, red and yellow fabric. The first panel is outlined in white beads and has a row of three white buttons and a red-blue vertical stripe. Then there is a single metal disc followed by a row of three coins. The next panel has three long vertical lines of white buttons on a multicoloured striped background, with each line ending at a shell. The bottom of each end of the sash has a fringe made of black fibres, white beads and a pink fur tassel.
Item History
- Made in Thailand
- Collected during 1977
- Owned by Allene Gaskell before July 13, 1978
- Received from Allene Gaskell (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on July 13, 1978
What
- Name
- Sash
- Identification Number
- 473/15
- Type of Item
- sash
- Material
- cotton fibre ?, shell, seed, dye, metal, animal hair and plastic
- Overall
- height 2.0 cm, width 165.5 cm, depth 5.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Thailand
Who
- Culture
- Akha
- Previous Owner
- Allene Gaskell
- Received from
- Allene Gaskell (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1977
- Ownership Date
- before July 13, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on July 13, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles; beadwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0473/0015
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