Specimen of textile, cut piece from a roll for a man's jacket. [FB 12/09/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Specimen of textile, cut piece from a roll for a man's jacket. [FB 12/09/2012]
Long description: Specimen of textile, cut piece from a roll for a man's jacket. Indigo dyed cotton. One side of the textile is finished to a high shine. [FB 12/09/2012]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; North West Guizhou Province Bijie
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector Deryn O'Connor; PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 06/06/2004
Date collected: 6 June 2004
Acquisition information: Donated: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Beaten
Dimensions: Width: max 250 mm, Length: max 2493 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.195 Other numbers: 46
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]
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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