white squares. Above the folded border there is a handsome patchwork of cloth comprising (a) pieces of scarlet flannel imported from England, placed in positions of importance; (b) pale blue brocaded silk of Chinese manufacture; (c) a Chinese cotton brocade having a purple warp and a weft of yellow and gold thread; and (d) embroidered strips of native work; the whole having a very pleasing appearance.
End of a girdle belonging to a Shan woman of the better class.
GS 54n is a Shan woman's Hta-men or closed skirt made of two different materials; the upper portion consisting of a strip of coarsely woven cotton cloth 37.5 cm. (14¾in.) wide, of a green colour, and the lower part of a piece of gorgeously striped cloth about 69 cm. (27in.) wide, which appears to be of either Burmese or Chinese manufacture. The warp in the latter cloth is red and groups of narrow coloured stripes are divided by broader bands, including the whole gamut of Oriental colour: indigo, porcelain blue, blue-green and yellow-green, yellow, orange, rose and red.
