Bed covering. [FB 12/09/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bed covering. [FB 12/09/2012]
Long description: Bed covering. Indigo dyed cotton textile pieces hand stitched together. The textile has been wax resist dyed with a design incorporating flowers, birds and butterflies in white on indigo. [FB 12/09/2012]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Guizhou Province Near Luodian Limu Township Lanan Village
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector Deryn O'Connor; PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 12/1997
Date collected: December 1997
Acquisition information: Donated: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Resist Dyed
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.199 Other numbers: 216
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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