Apron

2003-38-151

From: Indochina

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-151
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Miao
Provenience Indochina
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Sewn | Embroidered
Description

An apron woven of black cotton, consisting of a waistband with a middle panel finely embroidered with cross-stitching in red, black, green and orange in five large hexagons. The waistband is bordered by two black and one white stripe; two long red ties ending in a twisted fringe are sewn to each side of the band. The front has two sets of three embroidered strips in similar but smaller designs sewn on the dark blue cotton panel.

Length 43.5 cm
Width 200 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.1178 - Other Number

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