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Description
A person (possibly Pang Vang Khang, hands partially visible) draws out a batik design for the centerpiece of a baby carrier (Daim Nyias, Dlaim Hlaab Nyas). A grid is first scored over the fabric to serve as a guideline for the wax design to be drawn precisely. The lines shown will become the x-shaped gridded backdrops; the main motifs (which will receive appliqué) have yet to be drawn. Handwritten inscriptions beneath photograph read, "Waxing a design for a baby carrier (white fabric)," "Pang Vang Khang / Sacramento 1984." Typed label affixed to mat board above photograph (placed upside down) reads, "Applying the wax design for the batik center section of the baby-carrier. Either white or light blue fabric is used. Guidelines are scored on the fabric with a knife, and hot beeswax is applied with a batik spoon (raab dlav cab). No pattern or guide is followed; the designs are passed down from one generation to another." Date derived from inscription on mat board recto. Image numbering omitted due to inconsistency on verso. Notes on verso read: "Baby carrier #1 [handwritten pencil, upper left verso]; HMong Baby Carrier #10 (Photo 10), Lewis Judy, *HMO.4057.00* Fall 2002 [printed label, upper left verso]; L.F.C. [handwritten black ink, upper right verso]; FEB 12 1987 [stamped red ink, upper right verso]" Numbering inconsistent on verso. Original title from SEACRC: HMong: Baby carrier and seed pillows (18 photos)
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg Color 10 x 8 in. (16 x 13 in. with mat board) 20 x 16.21 in. Nikon D800 Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 14.2 (Macintosh) 300 dpi RGB 8 6000 x 4864 pixels cloth; wax
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