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Lot 017 - Pair Of Vintage Folk Art Embroidered Hmong Story Cloths (Paj Ntaub) Illustrating "The War In Laos Since 1976" Across 13 Scenes, Artist Signed Mee Xiong, With Gallery Label From Cama Crafts, Made In Thailand, Circa 1990s
Lot 017 - Pair Of Vintage Folk Art Embroidered Hmong Story Cloths (Paj Ntaub) Illustrating "The War In Laos Since 1976" Across 13 Scenes, Artist Signed Mee Xiong, With Gallery Label From Cama Crafts, Made In Thailand, Circa 1990s
Pre-Auction Notes: Pair of vintage Hmong embroidered story cloths (paj ntaub), each illustrating “The War in Laos Since 1976” across 13 intricately stitched scenes. These textiles document the post-Vietnam War persecution of the Hmong people by the Pathet Lao regime following their alliance with U.S. forces during the CIA-backed “Secret War” (1961–1975). The scenes likely depict flight through the Laotian countryside, guerrilla conflict, and refugee life in Thailand. Each piece is artist-signed Mee Xiong and bears a gallery label from Cama Crafts—a fair trade organization established in Thailand in the 1980s to support Hmong refugee artisans. Made in Thailand, circa 1990s.
Dimensions are of each cloth.