Embroidery

Museum number:
9-23397
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
ACW China #3 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Hanging, central panel ground pink with black cross stitch-like embroidery featuring birds, floral, and architectural forms, bordered on three sides with green ribbon in zigzag pattern - folded in right angles and further edged on three sides with embroidered 11 cm border of moths and flowers designs, cream ground. Top indigo band possibly used for hanging.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Kaili, Guizhou province, Southwest China
Culture or time period:
Miao
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection date:
May 2003
Materials:
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:
whole— width 92 centimeters, whole— length 56 centimeters, and whole— depth 0.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Embroidery, accession number 9-23397, described as Hanging, central panel ground pink with black cross stitch-like embroidery featuring birds, floral, and architectural forms, bordered on three sides with green ribbon in zigzag pattern - folded in right angles and further edged on three sides with embroidered 11 cm border of moths and flowers designs, cream ground. Top indigo band possibly used for hanging.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Embroidery, accession number 9-23397, described as Hanging, central panel ground pink with black cross stitch-like embroidery featuring birds, floral, and architectural forms, bordered on three sides with green ribbon in zigzag pattern - folded in right angles and further edged on three sides with embroidered 11 cm border of moths and flowers designs, cream ground. Top indigo band possibly used for hanging.

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