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2009.135.169

Embroidered baby carrier. [FB 24/07/2012]

2009.135.169

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Collection type
Object
Description
Embroidered baby carrier. [FB 24/07/2012]
Long description
Embroidered baby carrier. The baby carrier consists of two square/rectangular pieces of indigo dyed cotton textile each embellished with a panel of embroidered geometric designs in silk yarn in red, green, yellow and orange. The two parts of the baby carrier have been hand stitched together in the centre. Close to the centre seam a square shaped piece of embroidered cotton with appliquéd edges with red and yellow cotton textile has been stitched. The piece is embroidered with a geometric pattern in silk yarn. Parts of the indigo dyed cotton have been calandered leaving a shiny surface. The bay carrier has two indigo dyed woven cotton ties. On the back of one part of the baby carrier in both bottom corers are embroidered squares the same the one stitched near to the centre seam of the baby carrier. [FB 24/07/2012]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
East Guizhou Province Shenzhong [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 Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Appliqué
Dimensions
Width: max 365 mm excluding ties, Length: max 800 mm excluding ties
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.169 Other numbers: 108
Research and responses

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]

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

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