Baby carrier

Museum number:
9-23285
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
12 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4786
Description:
Ceremonial baby carrier Indigo dyed hemp fabric edged in purple cord made of thread which was wrapped in silver wire to create silver and purple stripes. Main band of horizontal stripe appliqué. Straps finished in appliqué, tassels on strings of beads and bells. Cross stitching and appliqué with ric rac edging and coins on body of carrier.
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Southeast Asia
Culture or time period:
Mien
Collection date:
April 1992
Materials:
Fabric, Glass (material) (beads), Linen (material), and Metal (silver wire, beads, bells, coins)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baby carriers
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes and 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Production date:
ca. 1970
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Context of use:
worn for weddings and other ceremonies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 26 inches, whole— length 62 inches, and whole— width 29 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-23285, described as Ceremonial baby carrier Indigo dyed hemp fabric edged in purple cord made of thread which was wrapped in silver wire to create silver and purple stripes. Main band of horizontal stripe appliqué. Straps finished in appliqué, tassels on strings of beads and bells. Cross stitching and appliqué with ric rac edging and coins on body of carrier.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-23285, described as Ceremonial baby carrier Indigo dyed hemp fabric edged in purple cord made of thread which was wrapped in silver wire to create silver and purple stripes. Main band of horizontal stripe appliqué. Straps finished in appliqué, tassels on strings of beads and bells. Cross stitching and appliqué with ric rac edging and coins on body of carrier.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-23285, described as Ceremonial baby carrier Indigo dyed hemp fabric edged in purple cord made of thread which was wrapped in silver wire to create silver and purple stripes. Main band of horizontal stripe appliqué. Straps finished in appliqué, tassels on strings of beads and bells. Cross stitching and appliqué with ric rac edging and coins on body of carrier.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-23285, described as Ceremonial baby carrier Indigo dyed hemp fabric edged in purple cord made of thread which was wrapped in silver wire to create silver and purple stripes. Main band of horizontal stripe appliqué. Straps finished in appliqué, tassels on strings of beads and bells. Cross stitching and appliqué with ric rac edging and coins on body of carrier.

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