Yao/East Asia
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| 1 | 1994.2.1.1 | Skirt | Pleated skirt, wrap around with ties attached at waist on both sides. Pattern of 4 dark linear horizontal bands. 1st and 3rd band alternate in blocks of thin & thick. 2nd band has 7 felt squares, orange, yellow, staggered throughout. Waist hem has white rope-like piece decorating seam between body & waist band. Bottom hem has orange felt with yellow strip attached to a handwoven backing of red on silk geometric patterns extending below felt. White cotton label attached to back lower left corner with blue print with Chinese headings with #31 written in red & #103 written in black. Muslin sleeves tacked along length of back lateral edges. Small dark blotches on left third of red border at bottom of skirt. Color: ML |
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| 2 | 1994.2.1.2 | Tunic | Sleeveless. Hand embroidered panel on breast. Basically square silhouette, with two edge straps at bottom. Primary embroidery is a mosiac with squares inter-mixing linear and geometric patterns. Orange on indigo blue background. Lateral outside edges of breast panel has 4 embroidered squares on each side. Bottom of panel has embroidered strip fringed by denim-like fabric with additional embroidery. This area forms a flap that is not attached to the straps that make up the lateral edges of the tunic. Back panel is undecorated. White cotton label attached to back with blue print containing Chinese headints with #32 wrtten in red in, and #103-1 in black ink. Tunic unfastened at bottom. Fraying, puckers and pulls. Black thread loops tacked on at shoulders. Color: ML |
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| 3 | 1994.2.2.1 | Shirt | Man's.. Hand embroidered band on bottom of the back. Hand made. Color: BK,BL,OR |
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| 4 | 1994.2.2.2 | Legging | Leg wrappings.. Hand woven. a and b. |
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| 5 | 1994.2.2.3 | Shoe | Sandal, woven. a. and b. |
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| 6 | 1994.2.2.4 | Ties, legging | Legging ties. Cotton with embroidery, with black and orange cotton straps white muslin strips tacked on to back for exhibit purposes. Color: OR,WH,GR,BK |
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| 7 | 1994.2.2.5 | Belt | Belt, black embroidery. White muslin sleeves tacked to back for exhibit purposes. Hand woven, embroidered. Cotton and silk. Color: BK,WH,OR |
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| 8 | 1994.2.2.6 | Pants | Triangular shaped pants made of squares of undyed cotton sewn together. "knicker-length" with embroidery on lower cuffs and part way up the thigh. Color: WH,OR,BK |
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