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2009.135.67

Embroidered Baby carrier. [FB 01/06/2012]

2009.135.67

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Collection type
Object
Description
Embroidered Baby carrier. [FB 01/06/2012]
Long description
Embroidered Baby carrier. The baby carrier is made from black cotton. The decorative part of the baby carrier has been stiffened with cardboard? The baby carrier has been embroidered with woven lengths of brightly coloured cotton in geometric patterns. [FB 01/06/2012]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
East Guizhou Province Huishui Baijing Township Qinshui
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Field collector Deryn O'Connor
PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 28/04/2006
Date collected
28 April 2006
Acquisition information
Donated: 2006
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered
Dimensions
Width: max 365 mm, Length: max 781 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.67 Other numbers: 223
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, Carrying Device

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