skirt;
festival-costume
- Museum number
- As1998,01.223
- Description
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Skirt; part of married woman's festival costume As.1998.1.223 to 226. Base cloth of white hand-spun and hand-woven hemp or ramie. Constructed in three parts: i) waistband with red ties of folded over printed cloth, with central loop of same cloth; ii) band of a woven width with pleating at top where set in waistband; iii) border of folded-over loom-width cloth.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
-
Length: 48 centimetres
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Width: 94 centimetres (at waist)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
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
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Original owner: Ma Jing Me I. Purchased by Corrigan in May 1997.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1998,01.223
