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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