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Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-23274, described as women's coat, made in 1980 in refugee camp by Kao Chow. Long black coat edged in blue, open front, sides slit to about the hip where decorated with tassels on bead strings. Sleeves finished in horizontal lines of appliqué and embroidery. Collar of printed fabric and embroidered fabric and yarn pompom.
Hearst Museum object titled Coat, accession number 9-23273, described as Long coat of indigo dyed linen, open front, side slits decorated with tassels on bead strings at apex of slit. Cross stitched and embroidered collar with long yarn "pom pom" inside pocket with metal zipper.
Hearst Museum object titled Head cloth, accession number 9-23275, described as Red cloth for wedding hat. Light linen cloth dyed red. Trimmed on three edges with thin appliqué stripes of blue, red, white and brown. Final edge trimmed in blue. Two brown tassels at each corner. Tassels hang from strings of beads.
Hearst Museum object titled Oya, accession number 9-21232a-d, described as Oya, in process. A and B: 2 flattened tubes of paper forming cross on which thread and beads are wound. C: silk or nylon thread, white, threaded with green glass beads, partially worked to form 236cm L x ~0.5cm W chain of vaguely floral design oy. D: metal crochet hook, very fine hook. Oya were traditionally made using a needle, not crocheted with a crochet hook. “Today other techniques, tatting and crochet, have been substituted for needlelace, because they can create a similar effect in much less time.” (Hickman).

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