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2009.135.82

Woman's jacket. [FB 08/06/2012]

2009.135.82

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman's jacket. [FB 08/06/2012]
Long description
Woman's jacket. The jacket is short sleeved and is made from cotton textile dyed indigo. The outside of the jacket has been calandered to give the surface a gloss finish. The neck and collar of the jacket have been embroidered with a braid woven in red, black and blue cotton textile. The sleeves have been embroidered with a band of geometric pattern in red, black and blue. [FB 08/06/2012]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
East Guizhou Province Jianhe City
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Field collector Deryn O'Connor
PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 03/1995
Date collected
Spring 1995
Acquisition information
Donated: 2006
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Width: max 1050 mm, Length: max 837 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.82 Other numbers: 240
Research and responses

See Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham.

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]

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, Clothing Textile, Clothing, Jacket

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