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2009.135.225

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


2009.135.225

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman's pleated dance skirt. [FB 12/09/2012]
Long description
Woman's pleated dance skirt. The skirt is made from cotton textile dyed indigo. At with end of the skirt at the waist is a length of cotton to secure the skirt around the waist. The surface of one side of the skirt has been treated so as to make the skirt have a shiny appearance. [FB 12/09/2012]
Geographical reference
South East Guizhou Province Liping County Nanjiang Area
Cultural groups
Dong
Person
Field collector Deryn O'Connor
PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 08/10/1999
Date collected
8 October 1999
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 1000 mm excluding ties, approx, Length: max 590 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.225 Other numbers: 173
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]

Search terms: Textile, Clothing, Skirt