Child's light-weight cotton batik apron.

Collection type: Object
Description: Child's light-weight cotton batik apron.
Long description: Light-weight cotton batik apron, part of a girl-child's costume (see also 2000.34.3 .1, .2, .4). The apron is made up of a rectangular printed section stitched to a slightly smaller piece of cotton, decorated with white geometric patterns on a dark blue ground, created using indigo dye and wax resist techniques. It is fastened using a strip of yellow, red and green (possibly ready-made) braid with geometric designs and fringed edges, which is loosely stitched to the apron. [LP 23/10/2000]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Guizhou province
Cultural groups: Geija
Person: Field collector John Gillow; PRM source John Gillow
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1970-1995
Date collected: Approximately 1999
Acquisition information: Purchased: 09/2000
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Batik Resist Dyed, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length 1090 mm, Width 368 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2000.34.3.3

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