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2010.3.32

Embroidered baby carrier panel. [FC 19/08/2010]

2010.3.32

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Collection type
Object
Description
Embroidered baby carrier panel. [FC 19/08/2010]
Long description
Embroidered baby carrier panel. The panel has been made from a square of blue cotton textile. The front has been embroidered with a geometric pattern consisting of squares, triangles and diamonds. The pattern has been embroidered in white cotton yarn in minute cross stitch. [FC 19/08/2010]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Guizhou Province Ping Yuan village
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Wendy Black
PRM source Wendy Black
Date
Date collected
September 1995
Acquisition information
Donated: 19/01/2010
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Embroidered, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Width: max 475 mm, Length: max 495 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2010.3.32 Other numbers: 61
Research and responses

Baby carriers are important functional, decorative and symbolic objects. Mothers carry babies on their backs crucial in a society where people walk everywhere. The basic shape is a rectangle of lined cloth with tying bands at the top corners. Each group makes baby carriers in their own particular style and technique, usually related to their clothes. The bands must be sturdy, flexible and easy to tie. The outside of the carrier is decorated by embroidery, a decorative weave or wax resist, or a combination. They are always treated as a unit with borders on three, or four sides. Sometimes the rectangle is padded to make it more solid or stiffened. Some have top covers, some underlayers. [FC 02/08/2010]

Search terms: Children and Childcare, Clothing Textile, Baby-carrier, Textile