Jacket

2003-38-99

From: China | Hainan Island

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-99
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Li
Provenience China | Hainan Island
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Sewn | Dyed | Embroidered
Iconography Tree of Life | Bird
Description

A blue cotton woman's jacket; a V neckline, front and back, edged with red cording followed by three rows of cross-stitching in white & brown; sleeves attached to body of jacket with cross-stitch design; cuffs have 1 1/2" embroidered "star" design in purple, green, black, blue, yellow, brown; embroidered border at bottom in red, white, green, yellow, blue, light brown and darker brown. The border below shows birds guarding the "tree of life" and the larger pattern to the right is a tree with its protecting limbs spread over the houses. Red cording at bottom.

Height 53.5 cm
Width 114.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.1144 - Other Number | 22a/80 - Other Number

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