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Title
HMong Paj Ntaub Cross Stitch, #4
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
[1983]
Publication Information
California State University, Sacramento. Library. Donald and Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution
California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection
Southeast Asia Community Resource Center Collection
Rights Information
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Donald and Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
HMong story cloth (paj ntaub) made of blue fabric. Embroidered motifs in the central design include blue, gray, and brown cross stitched double snail (lub qwj yees) and house (lub tsev) motifs. A border of blue and pink cross stitch with embroidered fence (laj kab) motifs borders the central design. An reverse appliquéd border with mountain (rooj) motif in blue, white, and brown encompass the inner designs.
Textile identified by the SEACRC as having been created by a Ban Vinai refugee. Date derived from original title supplied by the SEACRC.
Original title from SEACRC: HMong paj ntaub, reverse appliqué, blue/brown, Ban Vinai refugee, 1983
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Color
17.25 x 18 in.
Nikon D800
Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 14.2 (Macintosh)
300 dpi
RGB
8 bit
4286 x 6000 pixels
appliqué (technique); embroidering; cloth
Extent
7.537 MB
Identifier
SEACRCC-4172A
2005.65.102
4172
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/seacrcc/id/378
Subject
Appliqué (textile visual works)
Decorative arts, Hmong
Embroidery (visual works)
Embroidery, Hmong
Hmong (culture or style)
Story cloths
Laj Kab
Lub Qwj Yees
Lub Tsev
Paj Ntaub
Rooj
HMong
Relation
From the Southeast Asia Community Resource Center Collection. MSS-2005/65. California State University, Sacramento. Library. Donald and Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives
Box 4

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