Cambodian mat

Cambodian mat
TypeMat
InceptionAngkorian period
ManufacturerWeavers of the Mekong

A Cambodian mat also known as a kantael (Khmer: កន្ទេល) is a woven mat made from palm or reed in Cambodia. The Cambodian mat consists of an ordinary mat, below which are fixed pads of strongly packed cotton, with the help of a special loom. They are specific to the Khmer people.[1]

  1. ^ Maurel, Edouard (1894). "Ethnographie des Khmers". Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Toulouse (in French). Soc. p. 48.