DepartmentTextiles-Asia

baby carrier

NameBaby carrier

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureShui

Date20th century

Place madeGUIZHOU, China

Mediumcotton, silk, sequins

Dimensions40 1/2 × 66 3/4 in. (102.8702 × 169.5453 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan and John Pifer

Object numberA.2022.7.57

ProvenanceGift from donors who purchased items directly from makers during trips to SW China in the 1990s with professional touring companies

DescriptionBaby carrier with plain black or blue cotton backing. It has 'horsetail' couching. Overall it is edged with narrow and wide silk woven geometric ribbons. Long rectangular silk panel has small sequins stitched with red, applied narrow flat braid and geometric and circular motifs. Other panel and straps have applied sections of embroidery, sequins, many silk ribbons to border the smaller sections.