apron;
festival-costume
- Museum number
- As1998,01.194
- Description
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Apron; part of girl and woman's festival costume As.1998.1.192 to 195. Base cloth of hand-woven black and white cotton with white acrylic, constructed from two pieces of cloth joined at selvedges, with ties of white tape. Decoration at front centre of black and white stripes, with layers of applied cloth in red, green, pink and orange at bottom. Applied strips down sides and squares at top of wax resist in two tones of indigo in floral designs. Decorated on rear with applied check cloth.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 58 centimetres
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Width: 32 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Selected items from Miao textiles were on display in exhibition 'Miao Costumes from South West China' as part of the BP Exhibition Showcase, which closed 11 Oct 1998.
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by Corrigan on 30 May 1994.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1998,01.194
