Hand woven tubeskirts: Traditional weaving of Thailand
1995
Wismai Manomaiphibul | Payow Ounsiri (Kasetsart Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Humanities. Dept. of Linguistics)
Objective of this research is to study about the village woman's hand-woven tubeskirts (phasin) which are still found in many parts of Thailand. The research concerns about the ancient craft of weaving ranging from cotton to luxurious sillk decorated with silver and gold thread. These textiles which still bear the technical knowledge of the family textile production of the old time are the vidence of the role of textiles in the Thai society and inform the people of the origin of these superb quality of this weaving art. The research specifically studies different techniques of the art of weaving, the design patterns and the art of dying from 4 different regions-the North, Northeast, Central and South regions. The women of each region bear the exclusive responsibility of the preserving original characteristics of weaving and passing down this tradition from generation to generation without changes for centuries. These special techniques are IKat, Jok, Khit and Namlai of Tailue etc.
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