Woman's head cloth (kiet)

Cambodia

age unknown; perhaps first half of 20th century

resist tie-dyed silk

width 31 1/8 x length 69 1/2 inches

provenance:  collected in Cambodia by Jack Daulton

Inv. no. 26

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), 172-179.

Gillian Green, Pictorial Cambodian Textiles (Bangkok: River Books, 2008), 61-73 (see, esp., 71-73).