Skirt

2003-38-115

From: China | Indochina

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-115
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Miao | Hmong
Provenience China | Indochina
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn
Description

A full, heavily pleated, woman's skirt of homespun cotton, dyed indigo blue/black; it is lined with cotton cloth of a lighter blue; both are sewn to a strip of royal blue silk just below the cotton waistband; a single tie is sewn to one end of the waistband, a loop to the other.

Length 78 cm
Width 64.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.1212 - Other Number | 24 - Other Number

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