Louise Allison Cort, a ceramic curator at the Freer and Sackler galleries, is seen admiring these beautiful silk. (Photo: by Pin Sisovann)Nuch Sarita, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Friday, 23 July 2010
“I am interested in the mysterious story of yellow raw silk of Cambodia as material relating to Cambodian textiles.”
While the Freer and Sackler galleries showcase rare Khmer bronzes in an ongoing exhibition, traditional Khmer silks are also on display.
The silks are a bit of a mystery, at least to Kikuo Morimoto, the founder of the Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles, who was invited by the Smithsonian to explain Khmer silk dyeing and weaving.
Morimoto brought with him examples of hand-woven textiles that include an important twill pattern, called “hol.”
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The silks are a bit of a mystery, at least to Kikuo Morimoto, the founder of the Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles, who was invited by the Smithsonian to explain Khmer silk dyeing and weaving.
Morimoto brought with him examples of hand-woven textiles that include an important twill pattern, called “hol.”
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