Big Indian (?) Sequined Tapestry

Saw this at a shop yesterday, and didn't know if it was an older better piece,or a new item w/ a bit of touristy aging.
It's abt 6' long and in a lovely black bamboo frame under glass-asking $45. Lot's of new airport art versions of it online,and I just don't have he eye to judge.
PS-Any/all input welcome !

 

It's not my style. They don't look like plastic sequins, but actual metal discs. That's as far as I get.

 

Thanks Ruth-That's as far as I got too.I recall scads of Indian wall hangings being sold in the 60's. Didn't know sequins were so old-
'Sequins made with nautilus shell were found dating back 12,000 years in Indonesia.Evidence exists that gold sequins were being used as decoration on clothing or paraphernalia in the Indus Valley as early as 2500 BC, during the Kot Diji phase.Solid gold sequins sewn into royal garments were found inside the tomb of Tutankhamun.'
I'll never think of Liberace,Elton or Cher the same way again.

 

Or Bob Mackie.

Debora

 

Lotus / Waterlilies?

 

Waterlilies for sure. The couching/metallic thread could be 60s for sure, but I recall it being used on fancy European clothes in the 18th century. So...???

 

It might be part of a Burmese "kalaga".

https://www.siamtraders.com/html/burma/kalaga.html

https://ecraftimports.com/kalagashistory.html

 

Ditto.

 

It is for for sure Burmese Kalaga! Here is a HUGE one we have in our warehouse.

 

I have a pair of framed Kalaga elephants that my grandparents left me. They bought them in Portland, OR in the 1930s before my mom was born.

 

Nice display @laura9797 -like the bowl sets (Burmese ?).

 

i've always quite liked the caps (strange that )

tried one on before,.........and it was.......well......a look anyway

 

Yes they were Monk offering bowls apparently. I wish I would have kept them!

 

I've known a few guys who would have worn it. Let's just say they weren't shy, retiring types.

 

exactly..........you've got to be cooler than cool for wonna them....or appear something else

a mix between disney and........dumbledore

 

It's like West African womens' clothing. A woman with the right attitude can go strutting down the street in a green and purple shirt with a yellow and blue skirt and pull it off. I'd have someone calling the Old Clown's Home saying one of the ones with dementia had gotten loose again.

 

Chas-The caps gotta bit of the 'Boy' look to it.

@laura9797 the older ones I saw online weren't cheap, though they may indeed be manufacturing new ones now for interior decor use.

 

lightbulb emoji

 

found one of them old metronome things today (never had one before)

thought........hmmm....wonder if they'be a nice sleep aid type thing

........................................nope

(metronome hole shape through bedroom window)