belt;
cummerbund
- Museum number
- As1998,01.99
- Description
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Belt or cummerbund; part of man's festival costume As.1998.1.98 to 99. Base cloth of woven hemp or ramie, undyed, consists of long band with warp fringes. Decorated at ends using red and black silk, embroidered using pattern darning.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 380 centimetres
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Width: 18.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Some men wear similar costumes to women to festivals; others wear plain indigo dyed jacket with embroidered belt as As.1998.1.98 and 99.
- 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
- As1998,01.99