Story cloth

Museum number:
9-23407
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023407
Alternate number:
94
Accession number:
Acc.4786
Description:
Story cloth. Embroidery farming scenes. Appliqué brown, grey, blue and beige. Human figures, donkeys, chickens, pigs, harvests. Story cloth depicts life in the village.
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Southeast Asia
Culture or time period:
Hmong
Materials:
Fabric
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 83 centimeters and whole— weight 90 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Story cloth, accession number 9-23407, described as Story cloth. Embroidery farming scenes. Appliqué brown, grey, blue and beige. Human figures, donkeys, chickens, pigs, harvests. Story cloth depicts life in the village.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Story cloth, accession number 9-23407, described as Story cloth. Embroidery farming scenes. Appliqué brown, grey, blue and beige. Human figures, donkeys, chickens, pigs, harvests. Story cloth depicts life in the village.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Story cloth, accession number 9-23407, described as Story cloth. Embroidery farming scenes. Appliqué brown, grey, blue and beige. Human figures, donkeys, chickens, pigs, harvests. Story cloth depicts life in the village.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Story cloth, accession number 9-23407, described as Story cloth. Embroidery farming scenes. Appliqué brown, grey, blue and beige. Human figures, donkeys, chickens, pigs, harvests. Story cloth depicts life in the village.

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