Woman's Sarong

Sarong made by a weaver from the Wat Lai (temple) weaving school at Doi Tao (Turtle Mountain). The weavers go to Wat Phra Sing in Chang Mai City to sell their woven fabrics.

Cotton sarong, tubular in construction with long ends sewn together. Garment is made of four pieces of fabric sewn together: a thin strip of unnbleached cotton is at one end, followed by a red stripe, then a wide centre panel of thin green and black stripes, and a strip of yellow embroidery covered by geomentirc designs in black, with green, pink and white embellishments. Small white and black motifs lead from the yellow area onto a red stripe which ends the piece.