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Description: | Photograph from the Curzon Collection, of a woman seated at a loom outdoors in Upper Burma, taken by the firm of Watts and Skeen in the 1890s. The Burmese have a long history as accomplished textile weavers, creating fabrics for sacred and domestic use and for personal attire. Most fabrics were woven on the type of loom shown, known as a yakan zin. It is built in the form of a rectangular wooden frame within which the woman sits on a built-in seat. The house behind is an example of vernacular Burmese domestic architecture. It is made out of wood, woven bamboo and thatch, and raised on posts using a pile construction design. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Watts and Skeen | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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