Woman's head cloth (kiet)
Cambodia
age unknown; perhaps first half of 20th century
resist tie-dyed silk
width 31 1/8 x length 57 inches
provenance: collected in Cambodia by Jack Daulton
Inv. no. 24
These tie-dyed head cloths are associated with the Cham or Malay (Muslim)
minority in Cambodia.
References:
Gillian Green, Traditional Textiles of Cambodia (Chicago: Buppha Press, 2003), pgs. 172-179.
Linda McIntosh, Weaving Paradise: Southeast Asian Textiles and Their Creators (Bangkok: Tilleke & Gibbins ROP, 2007), pgs. 66-67 (Cat. No. 24, a similar example).
Gillian Green, Pictorial Cambodian Textiles (Bangkok: River Books, 2008), pgs. 61-73 (see, esp., pgs. 71-73).
