Jacket decoration

Museum number:
9-23676
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023676
Alternate number:
ACW China #20 - 24 (previous number (collector's original number)) and ACW China #20 (previous number (collector's original number), Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Embroidery, red silk ground and "button" at the center. Embroidered dragons facing central "button". Edged in mostly green and yellow, geometric embroidery.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Kaili, Guizhou province, Southwest China
Culture or time period:
Miao
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Materials:
Textile materials
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 8.2 centimeters, whole— thickness 0.6 centimeters, and whole— length 50.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Jacket decoration, accession number 9-23676, described as Embroidery, red silk ground and "button" at the center. Embroidered dragons facing central "button". Edged in mostly green and yellow, geometric embroidery.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Jacket decoration, accession number 9-23676, described as Embroidery, red silk ground and "button" at the center. Embroidered dragons facing central "button". Edged in mostly green and yellow, geometric embroidery.

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