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Title
Mien Dolls, Woman with Baby
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
Undated
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. Permission for publication is given on behalf of 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
Doll (wearing traditional Mien women's clothing) kneels with a baby on her back in a baby carrier. She holds a small woven basket in her right hand, an embroidered textile over her left arm, and an appliquéd pillow on her lap. The woman wears an embroidered headdress, silver jewelry, and black embroidered pants. She also wears a garland made of red pompoms around her neck. The baby sits in an embroidered baby carrier, and wears a black embroidered cap with a pompom on top.
Original title from SEACRC: Mien woman with baby
Format
9.5 x 4 x 4 in.
dollmaking; embroidery; fabric; yarn; pompoms
Identifier
SEACRCC-3085A
2005.65.038
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/seacrcc/id/93
Subject
Appliqué (textile visual works)
Baskets (containers)
Children
Dolls (figurines)
Embroidery (visual works)
Infant carriers
Jewelry
Women
Mien
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 15

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