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Group shot: 2019.1955.1-2
Woman's jacket (engyi) with breast cloth (tabet)
Group shot: 2019.1955.1-2

Woman's jacket (engyi) with breast cloth (tabet)

late 19th/early 20th century
Object PlaceMyanmar
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave, embroidered with silver metallic thread, rattan
DimensionsLength x width (Jacket (Width: sleeves edge to edge / Length: top to bottom): 47 × 114.3 cm (18 1/2 × 45 in.)
Length x width (Breastcloth): 41.9 × 18.4 cm (16 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Deborah Garner
Accession number2019.1955.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceAbout 1990/1993, sold by Madame Thair (antique dealer), Rangoon, Myanmar, to Jay Bommer and Deborah Garner, Leyden, MA; 2019, sold by Deborah Garner to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)