E1490: Hmong Sinh skirt

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E1490

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Outerwear ➞ Skirt

Materials:

fabric ➔ cloth
fabric ➔ thread

Dimensions:

93 cm L
68 cm W

Provenance of Object:

Khouan Sayasenh owned the skirt before gifting it to Rebecca Kamm who donated it to Luther.

Ethnic Group:

Asian ➞ Hmong

Production Date:

pre 1980

Use/Function:

Object would have been worn in Laos as a traditional everyday wear item. It was gifted as a thank you (most likely not to be worn again).

Source Locality:

Laos

Acquisition Date:

1980s

Description:

Tube skirt would have been worn by Lao and Thai women. Sinh material traditionally used to make female Laotian clothing was used in the late 1970s to make this.

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