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Title
Making a Skirt, #11
Creator
Lewis, Judy
Date Created and/or Issued
1984
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
Detailed, close-up view of two skirt pieces. The top section displays the batik design; the bottom section has been embroidered with red, yellow, and white thread. Both sections will have fabric appliquéd to the blank areas. These sections show zig-zag motifs of mountains and rivers which will be turned into a Green HMong skirt from the Xiangkhouang region in Laos. Typed label affixed to mat board above photograph reads, "Center section (top) and bottom section, both ready for appliqué[sic]." Handwritten inscription on the mat board beneath photograph reads, "Making a skirt #11, 1984 / Lewis."
Date derived from inscription on mat board recto.
Notes on verso read: "Making skirt #11 [handwritten pencil, upper left verso]; L.F.C. [handwritten black ink, lower left verso]; FEB 12 1987 [stamped red ink, lower left verso]; HMong: Making A Skirt #11, Lewis Judy, *HMO.3512.00* Summer 2006 [printed label, upper right verso]"
Original title from SEACRC: HMong: Making A Skirt #11
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Color
10 x 8 in. (16 x 13 in. with mat board)
Nikon D800
Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 14.2 (Macintosh)
300 dpi
RGB
8
5652 x 4588 pixels
batik
Extent
2.84 MB
Identifier
SEACRCC-3702P
2005.65.147
3702
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/seacrcc/id/32
Language
English
Subject
Embroidery, Hmong
Hmong (culture or style)
Textile fabrics, Hmong
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 13

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