Leggings

2003-38-10

From: Indochina

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-10
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Indochina
Section Asian
Materials Cotton | Metal | Shell
Technique Woven | Embroidered | Strung | Beaten
Description

A blue cotton legging sewn together at the top and embroidered with a red and white edging and a row of beaten metal flowers sewn on; small red tassel in the center; the bottom has a wide red embroidered band with white and red crosses in the center; the top edge has a row of beaten silver flowers; the center of which has 3 rows and comes to a point; a long strand of white shell beads is tied to the outer edges.

Length 45.5 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.186 - Other Number | 117 - Other Number

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