Wedding Jacket
97-12-3A
From: China | Guizhou Province | Youngjiang County
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 97-12-3A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tong |
| Provenience | China | Guizhou Province | Youngjiang County |
| Creator | Tongying Wu's Mother |
| Date Made | ca. 1920 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Technique | Embroidered | Woven |
| Iconography | Shou | Mosquito | Butterflies | Beetles | Bats |
| Description | Wedding jacket made by mother of Tongying Wu, Miao textile artist. These jackets were worn for weddings and then later for special occasions. Black cotton with elaborately woven strips on back, neckline, hem and shoulders. Mosquitos and butterflies on border at top. Beetles in border down center of back. 7 Shou, or longevity symbols on back. Bats in lower hem. Borders with felt and wax resist dyed cotton. Interior cotton blue lining. Native provincial hand woven cotton and silk. |
| Length | 60.5 cm |
| Width | 141 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Tongying Wu, 1997 |
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