Ceremonial Jacket
97-12-5
From: China | Guizhou Province | Youngjiang County
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 97-12-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tong |
| Provenience | China | Guizhou Province | Youngjiang County |
| Creator | Tongying Wu's Mother |
| Date Made | 1900-1956 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Metallic Thread |
| Technique | Embroidered | Woven |
| Description | Child's ceremonial jacket. Worn by Tonying Wu, Miao artist/embroiderer, when she was 3 years old. Black silk with elaborately embroidered collar, cuffs and decorative pieces at bottom edge. Woven strip along bottom edge. Interior lined with blue cotton. Metallic thread, beads and tassels were used from mother's generation to present and tassels may have been added to this jacket before she was born. |
| Length | 50.5 cm |
| Width | 76.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Tongying Wu, 1997 |
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