Head Cloth
2003-38-117B
From: China | Indochina
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 2003-38-117B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Miao | Hmong | Yao (Asian culture) |
| Provenience | China | Indochina |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Cotton | Glass |
| Technique | Woven | Dyed | Beaded |
| Description | Star pattern head cloth possibly used for a wedding or other ceremonial purpose. Square shaped cotton head cloth with blue, yellow, and red beads on opposite corners. Blue indigo pattern on white cloth. Civic Center Museum card says Hmong or Miao but could be Yao from southern China or Vietnam. |
| Length | 37.5 cm |
| Width | 37 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1900.1.1229a,b - Other Number |
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