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Catalog Number CAS 2001-0002-0003   CAS 2001-0002-0003; Dress
Category Textiles
Object Name Dress
Culture Hmong
Global Region Southeast Asia
Country Thailand
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cotton cloth; Cotton thread; Silver metal buttons
Description Woman's long dress sewn from pieces of black cotton cloth, with 3/4 length sleeves and front zipper extending from neck to waist; Yellow cloth border with embroidered decorations frame the edges of both sleeves, the entire hemline, and both sides of the front opening from neck to hemline; Same areas are also bordered by row of handmade semi-spherical silver metal buttons, and finally narrow strip of red cloth.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 137.0