2009.135.53.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Head covering. [FB 22/05/2012]

Long description

Head covering. The head covering is made of cotton textile that has been calandered to give a shiny appearance. Three sides of the textile have been edged with blue cotton textile hand stitched with brightly coloured green, pink and yellow woollen yarn. At the shortest side of the head covering a length of brightly coloured woven braid in red, white, pink, yellow and green woollen yarn. [FB 22/05/2012]

Geographical reference

China

Asia > Eastern Asia > China

South Guizhou Province Qiannan Sandu County Near Dujiang Yangweng Village

Cultural groups

Hmong

Person

Field collector Deryn O'Connor

PRM source Deryn O'Connor

Date / Period

Date made: Before 03/10/1997

Date collected

3 October 1997

Acquisition information

Donated: 2006

Materials and processes

Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered

Dimensions

Width: max 715 mm, Length: max 500 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2009.135.53.1 Other numbers: 118.1

Research and responses

Calandering 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. [FB 01/06/2012]

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]

Search terms: Clothing Textile, Clothing Headgear, Textile, Headdress