White unbleached hand woven cotton with a broad band of supplementary red silk weaving extending from below the arm openings to the hem. Decorative selvage edges along the centre, back and sides, finished with 9 cm. corded tassels wrapped in metal rings. Sprays of red and yellow embroidery decorate chest, shoulders and back. Made by sewing together two lengths of cloth (40 cm. wide) to form a central seam and then folding the fabric in half. Holes are left in the upper corners for the arms and another opening is left in the centre seam for the neck. Vents have been left front, sides and back. A hse (shirt) of a man of the Bghai a sub-group of the Karen - a hill people who inhabit south and south east Burma. Red silk supplementary weave on a white cotton ground with red tassels and embroidered details, 1800-1867