Woman’s Tube Skirt (Sin Muk)


This tubular skirt combines many patterning techniques including warp ikat and warp-and weft-patterning.

Title: Woman’s Tube Skirt (Sin Muk)

Artist: Unknown

Creation Date: 1990s

Geography: Thailand

Culture: Tai

Medium: Cotton, silk

Technique: Plain weave, tie-resist dyed warp (warp ikat), supplementary warp and weft patterning

Dimensions: 69.4 x 81.7 cm (27 3/8 x 32 1/8 in)

Classification: Costumes; principal attire (lower body)

Credit Line: Gift of Leslie Nevison, 2021

Object ID Number: 2021.7.KT470