Accession No
2011.95
Description
Lungi, Lunghi, Longhi. A garment to be worn like a skirt, consisting of a rectangular piece of fabric sewn into a tube. It is constructed from two pieces of silk and two pieces of cotton: one top piece of plain white cotton; one thin stripe of beige cotton; one wide piece of silk with stripes of red, green, purple, blue, and metallic; and one piece green silk jacquard with floral pattern.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Shan State; Lashio
Period
Source
Brink, Daphne [donor]; Harvey, Godfrey [collector]; Harvey, Stella [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2011.95
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cloth; Silk; Cotton
Local Term
Lungi, lunghi, longhi
Measurements
1020mm x 710mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by the donor's parents, Godfrey and Stella Harvey while in Burma in 1912-1935.
Event Date 1912
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Lungi or longhi from Burma, consisting of a large piece of fabric sewn into a tube to be worn similarly to a skirt. One end is green, below which are horizontal stripes in red, green, purple, blue and black. Below this is a dark blue stripe, and then cream fabric.
Event Date 11/7/2011
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Lungi, Lunghi, Longhi. A garment to be worn like a skirt, consisting of a rectangular piece of fabric sewn into a tube. It is constructed from two pieces of silk and two pieces of cotton: one top piece of plain white cotton; one thin stripe of beige cotton; one wide piece of silk with stripes of red, green, purple, blue, and metallic; and one piece green silk jacquard with floral pattern.
Event Date 10/7/2024
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:264709
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