Artsve
Date of Photo: January 17, 2001
Description: The colored silk portion of this blanket contains an elephant motif. The blanket detail shows two elephants placed back to back. The elephants can be identified by their head with one eye, 4 legs and tail. The border of this blanket is made of white woven cotton sewn to the central woven silk motif. This blanket was made as a baby blanket and later used to cover a sleeping mattress.
Author: NA
Equipment: NA A95
All documentation on these pages was collected by the Ethnographic data bank of Laos through the Institute of Cultural Research, Laos P.D.R. |
