Ceremonial Cloth "Phaa Tung"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: Aug. 1980
name: label: Collector
content: H. L. Lefferts Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: H. L. Lefferts Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: USED AT A VILLAGE BUDDHIST MONASTERY DURING CELEBRATION OF "BUN PHRAWAET/BUN MAHATHAT", THE OCCASION FOR THE RECITATION OF THE STORY OF BUDDHA'S LIFE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THIS INCARNATION. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NORTHEAST THAI RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. MADE AS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BY WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE. EIGHT "PHAA TUNG" ARE SUSPENDED FROM TALL BAMBOO POLES AROUND THE MEETING HALL, ONE FOR EACH OF THE EIGHT DIRECTIONS. UPPER SECTION HAS MANY REPETITIONS OF THE BUDDHIST "CHEDI"OR PAGODA SYMBOL, PRODUCED BY INSERTING BAMBOO SLATS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS INTO THE WARP. WHITE, PINK, AND YELLOW YARN USED IN THIS SECTION. LOWER SECTION HAS THREE STRIPSOF SUPPLEMENTARY WEFT WEAVE, ONE OF MEN ON HORSES, AND ONEGEOMETRIC DESIGN. AT THE VERY BOTTOM PINK & TAN YARN HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE WARP AND A THIN WOVEN STRIP FINISHES THE WARP FRINGE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baan Dong Phong, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Thai
label: Culture
content: Lao (Laotian)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358147
label: USNM Number
content: E422627-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 525 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 53 cm