Headdress cover

Museum number:
9-17983
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017983
Accession number:
Acc.4278
Description:
Headdress cover, black and blue stripes, handwoven. two lengths sewn together, embroidered in blue, geen, pink, turquise and gold silk thread, geometric rhomb patterens. Cotton, handwoven; dyed indigo and embroidered with silk thread.
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
Guizhou province, Southwest China
Culture or time period:
Bouyei and Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headdress cover, accession number 9-17983, described as Headdress cover, black and blue stripes, handwoven. two lengths sewn together, embroidered in blue, geen, pink, turquise and gold silk thread, geometric rhomb patterens. Cotton, handwoven; dyed indigo and embroidered with silk thread.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headdress cover, accession number 9-17983, described as Headdress cover, black and blue stripes, handwoven. two lengths sewn together, embroidered in blue, geen, pink, turquise and gold silk thread, geometric rhomb patterens. Cotton, handwoven; dyed indigo and embroidered with silk thread.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress cover, accession number 9-17983, described as Headdress cover, black and blue stripes, handwoven. two lengths sewn together, embroidered in blue, geen, pink, turquise and gold silk thread, geometric rhomb patterens. Cotton, handwoven; dyed indigo and embroidered with silk thread.

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