skirt;
festival-costume
- Museum number
- As1998,01.95
- Description
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Skirt; part of woman's festival costume As.1998.1.92 to 97. In three bands: i) waistband of unbleached hemp or ramie, ties of folded-over cotton cloth; ii) ramie or hemp cloth, dyed mid blue, pleated at top with over-stitching in white; iii) decorated band, selvedges at hem, warp stripe patterns in blue and natural, pleats held in place by four draw-strings of bought cotton thread.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 60 centimetres
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Width: 80 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
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by Corrigan 03.06.1994.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1998,01.95
