Woman's skirt. [FB 12/09/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman's skirt. [FB 12/09/2012]
Long description: Woman's skirt. The skirt is made from cotton textile in three tiers. The waistband of the skirt is plain hand woven cotton. The body of the skirt is made from a tier of pleated blue cotton textile with the bottom tier made from pleated plain hand over cotton. The waistband has a length of black cotton textile hand stitched to either end to fasten around the waist. [FB 12/09/2012]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Guizhou Province
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector Deryn O'Connor; PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 09/1993
Date collected: September 1993
Acquisition information: Donated: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width: max 1160 mm excluding ties, approx, Length: max 477 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.218 Other numbers: 49
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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