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The costume consists of a purple silk satin blouse with silk embroidery and woolen  panels and a red cotton and silk pinstriped skirt, partly concealed by colourful aprons. Separate white satin sleeves edged in red wool and a long hood of lilac Chinese damask and red imported English wool complete the outfit. The use of imported materials--whatever their quality and however arranged--was a sign of wealth and status.\r\n\r\nThe Palaung of Taingbaing (also spelt Taungbaing or Tawngpeng - the principality within the North Shan States, whose capital was Namhsan, north east of Mandalay) are a hill people, whose long established involvement with tea cultivation and trade made them richer than most of the other hill communities who practised slash and burn agriculture.","physicalDescription":"Costume of a Palaung woman from the Court of Taungbaing, Northern Shan States in  Burma which includes a skirt, back and front aprons, an outer cape and separate sleeves.  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