Head cloth

Museum number:
9-23275
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Alternate number:
4 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4786
Description:
Red cloth for wedding hat. Light linen cloth dyed red. Trimmed on three edges with thin appliqué stripes of blue, red, white and brown. Final edge trimmed in blue. Two brown tassels at each corner. Tassels hang from strings of beads.
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Thailand
Verbatim coll. place:
Nam Touei, Laos
Culture or time period:
Lao Mien and Mien
Maker or artist:
Liew Choy Saechao
Materials:
Glass (material) (beads) and Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Headcloths (headgear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
1971
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Context of use:
Worn by bride as part of her headdress
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 19.5 inches and whole— length 30 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Head cloth, accession number 9-23275, described as Red cloth for wedding hat. Light linen cloth dyed red. Trimmed on three edges with thin appliqué stripes of blue, red, white and brown. Final edge trimmed in blue. Two brown tassels at each corner. Tassels hang from strings of beads.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Head cloth, accession number 9-23275, described as Red cloth for wedding hat. Light linen cloth dyed red. Trimmed on three edges with thin appliqué stripes of blue, red, white and brown. Final edge trimmed in blue. Two brown tassels at each corner. Tassels hang from strings of beads.

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