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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Wall hanging
Type:Textile
Place Made:Asia; China
Measurements:Overall: 81 in x 62 in; 205.7 cm x 157.5 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1957.7.J.SVI
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Owen Williams ( Daisey Wood, Class of 1908)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
This piece is a "kesi" or "k'o-ssu" weaving, called "carved silk" in reference to slits resulting from construction technique (using small bobbins of thread to weave each color block independently around the master warp threads).

Slits are seen where blocks of color end on a vertical line. Examples in this piece include the shafts of axes.

The technique creates textiles which resemble paintings more closely than conventional weaving allows. Some kesi/k'o-ssu weavings were made to recreate paintings, or as a substitute for paintings, featuring scenes from fiction and theatre.

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