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It would have been worn as an every day garment, as well as on special occasions, by a woman of the Akha ethnic group of Kentung State--the eastern most state of Burma which borders Thailand. \r\n\r\nThe ensemble was worn by an Akha woman on a visit to Mandalay, and there it was purchased from her by the donor. The whole costume includes a jacket with two long swinging ropes of beads and seeds which hang at each side, a gathered skirt, a breast cloth, separate leggings as well as personal ornaments and a conical palm-leaf hat. The latter strikingly is decorated with rings of glass beads, seeds and straw-work and a heavy fringe of coloured glass beads and side strings of white seeds and brightly coloured tassels. \r\n\r\nThe Akha are a farming people with deep beliefs in the supernatural and they celebrate not only the usual harvest and new year festivals, but also hold ceremonies accompanied by animal sacrifices and other rituals. The Akha originally came from Yunnan in Southern China and a Chinese influence is evident in the scrolling appliqué work in the panels at the bottom of the back of the jacket.","physicalDescription":"Loosely fitting jacket of glazed cotton with set-in sleeves. Black ground with applique panels of red, blue, green and white cotton on the sleeves, around the neck and at the bottom of the back. With additional scrolling applique work on the back panels. 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Mainly of black cotton fabric, with applique of bright and variously coloured cottons, and embroidery of beads (glass and seeds) and cowrie shells. ca. 1st quarter 20th century","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Woman's jacket of glazed cotton, Shan, first quarter of 20th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"\r\nPaul and Elaine Lewis: \"Peoples of the Golden Triangle\"."},{"reference":{"text":"Crill R, Wearden JM, Wilson V, Victoria and Albert Museum. Dress in Detail from around the World. 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