Woman’s Festival Jacket
Name/Title
Woman’s Festival JacketEntry/Object ID
2024.4.10Description
Woman’s festival jacket in handwoven cotton, diamond twill pattern, black or over-dyed indigo, with cotton indigo-dyed lining. The sleeve panels are red silk with many embroidery techniques including couchedand bumpy couched stitch in various greens, blue, and purple. Also rows of metallic and many-colored folded fabric technique in triangle form. The embroidered panels on the sleeves and backs of these jackets can be removed and sewn onto a new jacket should the need arise. Women and girls work on these panels all year long in their spare time.Acquisition
Accession
2024.4Source or Donor
Teresa Lemon SheproAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Teresa Lemon SheproMade/Created
Artist
UnknownTime Period
Mid-20th CenturyEthnography
Cultural Region
Province
GuizhouCountry
ChinaCulture/Tribe
Miao