Head wrap

Museum number:
9-23430
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
109 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4786
Object count:
1
Description:
Head wrap. Black fabric (indigo?) with the last 11.5 inches of each end decorated with geometric embroidery in blue, red, green, yellow, white, orange, pink, purple. Also, edge of ends trimmed in red fabric and decorated with fabric and thread circles.
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Laos
Verbatim coll. place:
Moong Sing morning market
Culture or time period:
Mien
Collector:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection date:
January 6, 2007
Materials:
Textile materials
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 16 inches and whole— length 57 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Head wrap, accession number 9-23430, described as Head wrap. Black fabric (indigo?) with the last 11.5 inches of each end decorated with geometric embroidery in blue, red, green, yellow, white, orange, pink, purple. Also, edge of ends trimmed in red fabric and decorated with fabric and thread circles.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Head wrap, accession number 9-23430, described as Head wrap. Black fabric (indigo?) with the last 11.5 inches of each end decorated with geometric embroidery in blue, red, green, yellow, white, orange, pink, purple. Also, edge of ends trimmed in red fabric and decorated with fabric and thread circles.

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