Skirt

Museum number:
9-5461
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Dancer’s skirt; silk, damask, embroidered; light orange ground, varicolored floral designs; pleated from cotton waistband. 38 1/2 inches long.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Satin, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #10: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (July 29, 1969–August 20, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-5461, described as Dancer’s skirt; silk, damask, embroidered; light orange ground, varicolored floral designs; pleated from cotton waistband. 38 1/2 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-5461, described as Dancer’s skirt; silk, damask, embroidered; light orange ground, varicolored floral designs; pleated from cotton waistband. 38 1/2 inches long.

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