Jacket

2003-38-100

From: China | Hainan Island

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-100
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Li
Provenience China | Hainan Island
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Sewn | Dyed | Embroidered
Description

A blue cotton woman's jacket; a V neckline, front and back edged with red cording followed by zig-zag stitching in white and beige; sleeves attached to body of jacket with zig-zag stitches; cuffs have 1 1/2" embroidered geometric design in dark blue, beige and light blue; the border at bottom shows birds guarding the tree of life in red and white; the larger patterns to the right and left are trees with protecting limbs spread over the houses, in dark blue, light blue, browns, and white; red cording at bottom.

Height 57 cm
Width 123 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.1145 - Other Number

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