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2009.135.57

Woven piece of textile for decorating a baby carrier. [FB 28/05/2012]

2009.135.57

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woven piece of textile for decorating a baby carrier. [FB 28/05/2012]
Long description
Woven piece of textile for decorating a baby carrier. The piece has been hand woven with blue and white silk yarn with a bands of geometric motifs and stylised butterflies. [FB 28/05/2012]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
East Guizhou Province Near Kali Zhouxi Village
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Field collector Deryn O'Connor
PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 09/1996
Date collected
26 September 1996
Acquisition information
Donated: 2006
Materials and processes
Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Width: max 190 mm approx, Length: max 1390 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.57 Other numbers: 152
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]

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. [FB 23/05/2012]

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: Textile, Children and Childcare, Transport and Travel, Baby-carrier

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