sample;
cloth
- Museum number
- As1998,01.325
- Description
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Batik or wax resist material, in manufactured cotton with floral design with birds. Waxed onto white cloth, dyed deep indigo, with yellow and red dyed (probably chemical?) painted over.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 65 centimetres
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Width: 59 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Probably made as central panel of a baby carrier. There are large batik factories in Anshun where girls using traditional Guizhou tools make commercial products.
- 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
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by Corrigan in August 1990.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1998,01.325