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2009.135.44

Woman's pleated skirt. [FB 14/05/2012]

2009.135.44

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman's pleated skirt. [FB 14/05/2012]
Long description
Woman's pleated skirt. The skirt is made from three pieces of cotton? or hemp? textile dyed indigo. The third piece of textile is embroidered with vertical rows of blue cotton in chain stitch. On either side of the waistband of the skirt is a length of bright blue cotton textile used to tie the skirt around the waist. [FB 14/05/2012]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Guizhou Province Qiannan Near Huishui
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Field collector Deryn O'Connor
PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 28/09/1997
Date collected
28 September 1997
Acquisition information
Donated: 2006
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Material Hemp Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered
Dimensions
Width: max 550 mm, Length: max 1150 mm excluding ties
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.44 Other numbers: 238
Research and responses

Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham [FB 22/05/2012]

Associated publications
Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham. [FB 08/05/2012]

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