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Title
Detailed Centerpiece of Baby Carrier Design
Creator
Lewis, Judy
Date Created and/or Issued
[12 February 1987]
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 baby carrier (Daim Nyias, Dlaim Hlaab Nyas) centerpiece featuring a unique design. Red and yellow appliqué has been applied to the hook (tus khawb) and fence (laj kab) designs. Typically the appliqué is applied in a monochromatic fabric. Typed label affixed to the mat board beneath the photograph reads, "Baby-carrier center, after appliqué[sic] has been sewn down. The baby-carrier colors are usually red, yellow, white, or green appliqué on the indigo batik base cloth."
Date derived from stamp on mat board verso.
Notes on verso read: "HMong Baby Carrier #8 (Photo 8),Lewis Judy, *HMO.4055.00* Fall 2002 [printed label, upper left verso]; HMO. [handwritten black ink, middle verso]; L.F.C [handwritten black ink, bottom right verso]; FEB 12 1987 [stamped red ink, bottom right verso]"
Original title from SEACRC: HMong: Baby carrier and seed pillows (18 photos)
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Color
8 x 10 in. (13 x 16 in. with mat board)
16.21 x 20 in.
Nikon D800
Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 14.2 (Macintosh)
300 dpi
RGB
8
4864 x 6000 pixels
Extent
4.397 MB
Identifier
SEACRCC-3714P
2005.65.161
3714
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/seacrcc/id/53
Language
English
Subject
Batik
Hmong (culture or style)
Infant carriers
Textile design
Textile fabrics, Hmong
Daim Nyias (White HMong)
Dlaim Hlaab Nyas (Green HMong)
Tus Khawb
Laj Kab
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 14

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