Silk Shoulder Clothes, Narrow-width - Deep Red Diamond of Nagas
Name: Deep Red Diamond of Nagas
Item#: 17032
Women in a deep red from lac dye and with predominant indigo patterning,, this traditional woman's shoulder cloth can be used as a scarf, wall hanging, or table runner. The textile is handwoven from village-raised, hand-reeled, naturally dyed silk. The motifs include a diamond of naga (spiritual river serpents) of importance to both the Lao and Tai cultures from which this textile patterning arose. The naga are the outside section of the the center diamonds which, in the Tai Daeng tradition, protect a woman wearing this motif in a headscarf from evil spirits that could enter.. The textile comes with a photo of the natural dyer and designer wearing her creation.
Size: 7.3" x 80"
Origins: Houaphan Province, Laos
Price: $195.00
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