skirt;
festival-costume
- Museum number
- As1998,01.270
- Description
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Short skirt; from girl's festival costume As.1998.1.269 to 277. Base cloth of loosely-woven cotton dyed dark indigo. Constructed of folded-over waistband and one layer of pleated cloth, turned up at bottom. Some hand-stitching holds pleats in place. With ties; skirt wraps around several times. No decoration.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 38 centimetres
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Width: 165 centimetres (waistband)
- Curator's comments
- Corrigan notes that at time of purchase in 1990, visitors were not allowed into the Jianhe area. When Corrigan visited in September 1996 she noted that girls were wearing similar, but not identical costumes.
- 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
- Bought in the early 1990s from Yung Hua, who lives in Tiagong town, who said that it was from Jianhe township.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1998,01.270
