Baby carrier

Museum number:
9-17982
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017982
Accession number:
Acc.4278
Object count:
1
Description:
Baby carrier. Carrying pad used by mothers for carrying babies on their back. Lower section decorated with reverse applique, quatrefoil pattern with metallic half-dome beads in center. Top is embroidered in circular floral pattern, multi-colors: pink, red, green, yellow, orange, blue and white on black ground. Stitches: satin, stem and couched stitches & knots. Blue edging, needle woven with manufactured braid on cut-out curving pattern. Designs are flowers and insects with human face in central flowers in enter back. Human figure takes prominent position when it appears in a design. Cotton, silk, sequins & metal beads. Cardboard (?) filler for support. L. 66 cm. W. 41.5 cm. Straps - L. 63 cm, L. 62 cm.
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Bouyei and Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baby carriers
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-17982, described as Baby carrier. Carrying pad used by mothers for carrying babies on their back. Lower section decorated with reverse applique, quatrefoil pattern with metallic half-dome beads in center. Top is embroidered in circular floral pattern, multi-colors: pink, red, green, yellow, orange, blue and white on black ground. Stitches: satin, stem and couched stitches & knots. Blue edging, needle woven with manufactured braid on cut-out curving pattern. Designs are flowers and insects with human face in central flowers in enter back. Human figure takes prominent position when it appears in a design. Cotton, silk, sequins & metal beads. Cardboard (?) filler for support. L. 66 cm. W. 41.5 cm. Straps - L. 63 cm, L. 62 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-17982, described as Baby carrier. Carrying pad used by mothers for carrying babies on their back. Lower section decorated with reverse applique, quatrefoil pattern with metallic half-dome beads in center. Top is embroidered in circular floral pattern, multi-colors: pink, red, green, yellow, orange, blue and white on black ground. Stitches: satin, stem and couched stitches & knots. Blue edging, needle woven with manufactured braid on cut-out curving pattern. Designs are flowers and insects with human face in central flowers in enter back. Human figure takes prominent position when it appears in a design. Cotton, silk, sequins & metal beads. Cardboard (?) filler for support. L. 66 cm. W. 41.5 cm. Straps - L. 63 cm, L. 62 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Baby carrier, accession number 9-17982, described as Baby carrier. Carrying pad used by mothers for carrying babies on their back. Lower section decorated with reverse applique, quatrefoil pattern with metallic half-dome beads in center. Top is embroidered in circular floral pattern, multi-colors: pink, red, green, yellow, orange, blue and white on black ground. Stitches: satin, stem and couched stitches & knots. Blue edging, needle woven with manufactured braid on cut-out curving pattern. Designs are flowers and insects with human face in central flowers in enter back. Human figure takes prominent position when it appears in a design. Cotton, silk, sequins & metal beads. Cardboard (?) filler for support. L. 66 cm. W. 41.5 cm. Straps - L. 63 cm, L. 62 cm.

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