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Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-23356, described as Apron Front vertical rectangle on black with light blue rectangle on middle. Two long red ends with appliqué and embroidery with geometric motifs.

Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-23358, described as Hmong woman's apron. Red apron with appliqué on boarder and embroidery on center with swirl pattern on pink and red. Two long ends with embroidery on yellow, white, green, blue and black.

Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-21297, described as Permanent-blue Butcher’s apron. Smocked on front sides in white. A single and one double line of smocking anchored at the ends with herringbone stitches. Front slit with underlying panel provides a pocket in the 13 cm waistband. Pocket marked by white repeating stitching. Overall length: 78.5 cm; width at hemline, including underlying panels: 102 cm; waistband 59 cm long.

Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-23357, described as Hmong woman's apron. Long vertical apron with embroidery of repetitive swirls and appliqué star shaped on blue boarder. Long ends in red fabric, with white banner embroidered and pink strings hanging from both ends.

Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-8963, described as Apron; two widths sewn together; plainweave elm bark fiber with black cotton appliqué; white chainstitch curvilinear embroidery; braided waistband; poor condition.

Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-23359, described as Red baby carrier with an horizontal banner on top with swirly embroidery and appliqué and vertical middle section with geometric appliqué.

Hearst Museum object titled Back cushion, accession number 9-23021, described as Long and wide rectangular back cushion woven from rice straw ("wara") and linden bast ("shina") with slight widening along the middle latitudinally. Shoulder straps fold over and attach to lower half via thick braided cord. Horizontal braid woven continuously along entire body and shoulder straps; single-plait braid along edges form seam. Pieces of cotton rag of various colors are woven into horizontal braids at bottom (red and black), midpoint (blue), and straps (red). Straw and cotton cord in a T-shape connects the straps to one another and to the body of the cushion. length - 28", width - 11.5", thickness - 1.5

Hearst Museum object titled Back cushion, accession number 9-23022, described as Japanese back cushion woven from unidentified material, possibly rice straw ("wara") and sedge ("suge"), in the shape and style of the back cushions called "bandori" traditionally from the Shōnai region of Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. Parallel shoulder straps fold over and attach to sides along lower half of cushion via braided cords. Cushion that lies against back is U-shaped with vertical central opening and is made from flat strands of sedge (?) side-by-side in radial pattern. Outside or "front" of object features a net made of cordage, which covers the U-shaped opening; an horizontal strap on top of this net is made from disparate cords united by a single, vertical, black cotton seam. Cords of red, pale green, and black cotton rag are interwoven along the straps, concentrated at their bases. length - 28", width - 11.5", thickness - 2.5

Hearst Museum object titled Back cushion, accession number 9-23025, described as Long and narrow back cushion woven from rice straw ("wara") in a horizontally-plaited pattern. Two shoulder carrying straps extend from top in gradual V-shape, slightly diverging; at their culmination, straps become V-shaped braids; braids combine into single braid that gradually thin into cords. Cords attach to lower half of cushion along sides. Horizontal straw plaits wrap over sides to form soft, thick, rounded edges. Cotton rag woven into cushion on side that lies against wearer's back: multicolored pieces at bottom edge; braided purple, blue, and whitish rag along the middle; and black and white rag vertical along straps at base with single horizontal strip of rose pink cotton rag. Outside or "front" of cushion features loose, flattened, untwisted straw extruding from plaited straw in criss-cross design and a horizontal strap made from cord looped through lateral cords and tied together in the center. length - 28.5", width - 10", thickness - 1.5

Hearst Museum object titled Back cushion, accession number 9-23019, described as Narrow rectangular back cushion woven from cattail ("gama") with wide shoulder straps that narrows slightly at bottom. Straps are attached to lower half of back cushion via cordage. Braided horizontally in continuous pattern that extends entire length of cushion and through shoulder straps. Untwisted straw braided in single plait forms thick, rounded seams along the left and right edges, with cotton rags of various colors tied at equal intervals along this seam. length - 26", width - 10", thickness - 1

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