Headdress. [FB 08/06/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Headdress. [FB 08/06/2012]
Long description: Headdress. The headdress is made from three lengths of cotton textile dyed indigo and stitched together. At one end of the headdress there are two lengths of cotton ties. The bottom edge of the headdress is edged with cotton fringing. [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 Dyed, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width: max 403 mm, Length: max 862 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.107 Other numbers: 171
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]

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