skirt;
festival-costume
- Museum number
- As1998,01.335
- Description
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Skirt; part of girl's festival costume As.1998.1.334 to 335. Waist band of hand-woven cotton dyed black, with main pleated area in black cotton, and ties of hand-woven warp-faced cloth. Decoration of vertical panels in shiny satin in bright pink, orange, blue and blue/green. Deep ribbon applied at bottom.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 67 centimetres
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Width: 101 centimetres (at waist)
- Curator's comments
- Modern skirt with coloured rays.
- 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 February 1992.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1998,01.335
