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1906.40.8.4

Ornamental cloth square with white buttons, part of a man's costume

1906.40.8.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ornamental cloth square with white buttons, part of a man's costume
Long description
Description taken from Conservation Card by Lorraine Rostant 07/01/2000 - Ornamental cloth square with white buttons, part of a man's costume. ?Linen cloth woven with red wool and blue cotton geometric pattern and decorated around edge with two rows of white glass buttons. In centre of cloth is glazed ceramic jar lid in centre of cross with double row of white buttons. From each corner except bottom is cotton braided tape. (Lorraine Rostant 07/01/2000) [LKG 02/04/2009]
Geographical reference
Taiwan (China)
Asia > Eastern Asia > Taiwan (China)
Camphor District
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source George Uvedale Price
Date / Period
Date made: Before 06/1906
Date collected
By June 1906
Acquisition information
Donated: 1906
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Bead, Material Brass Metal, Material Textile, Process Recycled, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Object numbers
Accession number: 1906.40.8.4
Research and responses

This is one item from a complete costume [1906.40.8 .1 - .6]. 1906.40.8.4: Square of woven textile (red with blue diamond design) onto which has been sewn a double border of white buttons. At the centre is a cross of the same buttons with the lid of white ceramic vessel tied with a small blue bead toggle.[CM]

Information provided by visiting researcher, Chia-yu Hu 26/6/2001; This is a breast cloth for a man, probably from the Atayal group (a mountain tribe in north Taiwan). [LP 27/6/2001]

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Textile

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