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2009.135.167

Woman's short sleeved embroidered jacket. [FB 24/07/2012]

2009.135.167

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman's short sleeved embroidered jacket. [FB 24/07/2012]
Long description
Woman's short sleeved embroidered jacket. The jacket is made from five pieces of black cotton textile embroidered on the front, back and sleeves. The embroidery is in bands of geometric patterns in a variety of stitches including surface satin stitch and cross stitch in predominantly red, white and green and purple silk yarn. The bottom embroidered panel on the back of the jacket has been embroidered with a blue and white geometric design on two pieces of white cotton stitched together in the centre and bordered with bands of red and green cross stitch and purple yarn in a zig zag pattern. [FB 24/07/2012]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
South Guizhou Province Danzhai County Qainnan [Yunnan Province Kunming]
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Field collector Deryn O'Connor
PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 29/09/2000
Date collected
29 September 2000
Acquisition information
Donated: 2006
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Width: max 965 mm, Length: max 557 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.167 Other numbers: 37
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
Illustrated on page 5 of 'Miao Textile collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum' by Faye Belsey in Asian Textiles Magazine of the Oxford Asian Textile Group, Number 61 June 2015. [FB 19/6/2017] 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: Clothing Textile, Clothing, Textile, Jacket

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