Name: Red with White Nagas Wide Shaman Cloth
Item#: 18015
A wonderfully cheerfully colored shaman cloth filled with naga (mythological river serpents), has been created by using a great deal of white accented by bright primary and secondary colors on a rich red ground. The textile is handwoven from village raised, hand reeled, naturally dyed silk. The naga woven into the textile provide spiritual protection to whoever wears or displays the textile. Traditionally used as a shaman cloth that is folded, placed in front of the altar, and knelt upon by the shaman who uses the power of the figures woven into the textile to help him or her reach the spirit world to fina an ancestor spirit to assist with the ceremony. The naga are both diamond and triangle headed, pregnant and not, and frame diamonds of flowers. Comes with a photo of the weaver, Souk's niece, modeling the piece.
Size: 31" x 85"
Origins: Houaphan Province, Laos
Price: $1,095.00
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