Jacket decoration

Museum number:
9-23668a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923668a@2cb
Alternate number:
ACW China #10 (previous number (collector's original number), Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Jacket decoration, matching panels, embroidered blue ribbon dividing black fabric into five rectangles, these five spaces frame organic/curvilinear embroidery. "b" identified by blue ribbon extending beyond black cloth.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Kaili, Guizhou province, Southwest China
Verbatim coll. place:
Sisters Meal Festival, a Miao festival near Kaili, Guizhou Province
Culture or time period:
Miao
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
5/4/2004
Materials:
Paper (fiber product) and Textile materials
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
b) whole— length 31 centimeters, a) whole— depth 0.4 centimeters, b) whole— width 8.5 centimeters, a) whole— width 9 centimeters, b) whole— depth 0.4 centimeters, and a) whole— length 30.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Jacket decoration, accession number 9-23668a,b, described as Jacket decoration, matching panels, embroidered blue ribbon dividing black fabric into five rectangles, these five spaces frame organic/curvilinear embroidery. "b" identified by blue ribbon extending beyond black cloth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Jacket decoration, accession number 9-23668a,b, described as Jacket decoration, matching panels, embroidered blue ribbon dividing black fabric into five rectangles, these five spaces frame organic/curvilinear embroidery. "b" identified by blue ribbon extending beyond black cloth.

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