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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