1950s - 1960s Longyi, woman's tube skirt

1950s - 1960s Longyi, woman's tube skirt, purple silk with Bengali gold brocade of repeated floral design. There is also a vertical decorative panel and lower hem of heavy gold brocading of floral motifs.  Chemical dyes. Black cotton waist band. Bengaladesh, West India for the Arakan market.  Arakan people, Arakan State,West Burma/ Myanmar
TE00296
80 x 107 cm