Pants, child’s, for midsummer (dragon boat) festival. Sulphur-yellow cotton shirting with printed-on images of the five poisonous animals, against whom a sulphuric paste is smeared on the orifices of children: tiger (their tamer), snake, lizard, spider, centipede, frog. 6 cm high waistband; 25 cm high shoulder straps crossed in back; length of leggings: 34 cm; width at crotch: 21.5 cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Peking, Beijing province, China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Purchased at Peking flea market.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
early 1940s
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Pants, child’s, for midsummer (dragon boat) festival. Early 1940s.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Length of leggings— length 34 centimeters, width 21.5 centimeters, and Height of shoulder straps— height 25 centimeters