Baby carrier

Museum number:
9-23692
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
ACW China #19 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Baby carrier: central ground cloth green with diamond central applique and 4 corner appliques. Central panel is flanked by two panels of red ground cloth containing central raised red "button", and two panels with blue ground cloth both above and below the central panel. All applique pieces over embroidered with ribbon, metallic, and sequins. Multiple colored whip stitch one edge.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Kaili, Guizhou province, Southwest China
Culture or time period:
Miao
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Materials:
Plastic (organic material) (metallic colored ribbon) and Textile materials
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baby carriers and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 38 centimeters, whole— length 57 centimeters, and whole— depth 0.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-23692, described as Baby carrier: central ground cloth green with diamond central applique and 4 corner appliques. Central panel is flanked by two panels of red ground cloth containing central raised red "button", and two panels with blue ground cloth both above and below the central panel. All applique pieces over embroidered with ribbon, metallic, and sequins. Multiple colored whip stitch one edge.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-23692, described as Baby carrier: central ground cloth green with diamond central applique and 4 corner appliques. Central panel is flanked by two panels of red ground cloth containing central raised red "button", and two panels with blue ground cloth both above and below the central panel. All applique pieces over embroidered with ribbon, metallic, and sequins. Multiple colored whip stitch one edge.

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