Woman's head cloth. [FB 24/07/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman's head cloth. [FB 24/07/2012]
Long description: Woman's head cloth. The head cloth is twill woven in blue cotton? textile and embroidered with white cotton yarn in a pattern of diamonds with a single flower with five petals in each diamond. The cloth has cotton fringing at both ends. [FB 24/07/2012]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Guizhou Province Near Duyun Badu Village
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector Deryn O'Connor; PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/10/1997
Date collected: 8 October 1997
Acquisition information: Donated: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Dyed, Process Twill Woven, Process Embroidered
Dimensions: Width: max 308 mm, Length: max 850 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.178 Other numbers: 212
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]

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