2010.3.40.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Sleeveless jacket made from calendered indigo dyed cotton textile. [FC 07/10/2010]

Long description

Sleeveless jacket made from calendered indigo dyed cotton textile. The jacket is part of a two piece [see 20210.40.2]. The jacket is made from seven vertical panels of textile stitched together. Each panel has been calendered to make the jacket have a high sheen finish. Five of the panels have been dyed with indigo dye and two of the panels are white in colour. The jacket has a collar made from indigo dyed textile and edged with blanket stitch in white cotton textile. The inside of the jacket has been lined with cotton textile dyed bright blue. [FC 07/10/2010]

Geographical reference

China

Asia > Eastern Asia > China

Guizhou Province Ba-Pu area Dafang County

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 Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Woven

Dimensions

Width: max 535 mm, Length: max 630 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2010.3.40.2 Other numbers: 70

Research and responses

Calendering makes the indigo dyed cloth shiny and is prized by the Miao. It is done by folding the material and beating it with a wooden mallet on a flay stone. [FC 14/06/2010]

Search terms: Clothing Textile, Clothing, Jacket, Textile