2009.135.127

Collection type

Object

Description

Embroidered textile. Piece cut off a baby carrier. [FB 24/07/2012]

Long description

Embroidered textile. Piece cut off a baby carrier. 'T' shaped textile made from cotton textile dyed indigo. Embroidered on one side with silk thread bands of geometric patterns in silk thread in red, orange, green, blue and white in satin stitch and bands of silk ribbon. The central design is that of stylised butterflies embroidered in surface satin stitch is silk threads in orange, green, blue, red and white. Three edges of the textile are edged with embroidered black cotton embroidered with alternate geometric motifs in white cotton yarn and coloured cotton yarn. [FB 24/07/2012]

Geographical reference

China

Asia > Eastern Asia > China

South East Guizhou Province Huangping Kaili

Cultural groups

Hmong

Person

Field collector Deryn O'Connor

PRM source Deryn O'Connor

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1993

Date collected

by 1993

Acquisition information

Donated: 2006

Materials and processes

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

Dimensions

Width: max 660 mm approx, Length: max 780 mm approx

Object numbers

Accession number: 2009.135.127 Other numbers: 43

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. [FB 24/07/2012]

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