Woman's head cloth (kiet)

Cambodia

age unknown; perhaps first half of 20th century

resist tie-dyed silk

width 31 5/8 x length 59 inches

provenance:  collected in Cambodia by Jack Daulton

Inv. no. 25

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).