A very old textile, probably a sampler of designs for potential customers. There are five different sections on the cloth, except for these two mirror
designs. A whimsical animal motif, in this case another "Khosa Singh", and very different from the one above. The range of expression for the mythical "lion with an elephant's trunk" illustrates both the freedom and creativity which makes these cloths so charming and original. The "kop," or "frog (man)," a motif found all over southeast Asia, including Island southeast Asia, also pays a visit.

Age: probably around 1950. Cotton, with cotton supplementary weft. The sappan wood has faded badly, and other segments have lost color as well; something that a commercial weaver would have been concerned about. Probably Lao.