ISBN:
9789881902269
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9881902266
Language:
Chinese
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English
Pages:
327 Seiten
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31 cm
DDC:
709.5
Keywords:
University of Hong Kong Exhibitions
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Clothing and dress Exhibitions
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Minorities Exhibitions Clothing
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Embroidery Exhibitions
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Decoration and ornament Exhibitions
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Material culture Exhibitions
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Costume Exhibitions
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Ausstellungskatalog
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China
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Minderheit
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Kleidung
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Textilien
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Stickerei
Abstract:
This fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the University Museum and Art Gallery's exhibition of traditional Chinese costumes, baby carriers and silver ornaments drawn from the collection of Mei-yin Lee. The exhibition demonstrates the wealth of colours, techniques and styles found in the traditions of Chinese minority groups. Elaborately embroidered costumes and baby carriers, most of which originate with the Miao, Dong, Shui and Zhuang ethnic tribes of the southwestern Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi, are decorated with richly coloured, stitched and sewn ornamentations and sometimes silver applications - indigenous to the particular culture and long-lived traditions they derive from. As some ethnic minorities lack a written script, the symbolism and colour-coding found in their textiles form a visual language that presents an important cultural and anthropological development and heritage still in practice today. Ethnic minority communities are distinguished by their cultural practices, historical traditions, languages, and clothes. The sheer variety of elaborate costumes and silver ornaments focuses this study mostly on the Miao tribes who are particularly well known for the complexity and sophistication of their weaving and embroidery, and their brocade and batik work, as well as their elaborate silver jewellery. Exhibition: The University Museum and Art Gallery - University of Hong Kong, China (15.12.2013 - 9.2.2014)
Abstract:
Preface / Dr. Florian Knothe -- Foreword / Mei-yin Lee -- Chinese minority people : traditions, textiles and techniques / Eric Boudot -- Ethnic costumes of China / Mei-yin Lee -- Baby carriers of the Miao people / Mei-yin Lee -- Of ox-horn crowns and dragon hairpins : silver ornamentation and the rituals of adornment / Dr. Florian Knothe -- Map -- Catalogue -- Embroidery techniques -- Abbreviated bibliography
Note:
Text in Chinese and English
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Cataloged from the English
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Includes bibliographical references (page 326-7)
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"Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Embroidered identities: ornately decorated textiles and accessories of Chinese ethnic minorities" presented by the University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong from 15th December 2013 to 9th February 2014"
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