Robe

2003-38-111

From: China | Indochina

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-111
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Miao | Hmong
Provenience China | Indochina
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Sewn | Embroidered | Dyed
Description

A robe woven of blue cotton, the front is shorter then the back. A wide panel with a strip of cross-stitch embroidery in red, green and blue in a series of blocks on the left side and a long running design on other side is sewn around neck and partly down front. There are three strips in similar colors and designs sewn around shoulders and top of sleeve, all ending with light blue binding. Robe has slits on each side with a lining of light blue cotton.

Length 88 cm
Width 120 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.1176 - Other Number

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