Summary
Alternative Name(s): Purse
Embroidered wallet made by women of the Melbourne Hmong community in 1990.The Victorian Hmong community developed after many Hmong fled from Laos in 1975 and arrived in Australia in mid 1980s after spending time in Thai refugee camps. The women of the Victorian Hmong community produced and sold these types of works at the Fitzroy Craft Market to supplement family income.
Fine needlework has always been a source of great pride to Hmong women and girls are taught to sew at age seven or eight. The technique and colour typical of the Yao style.
Physical Description
Embroidered wallet worked in cross-stitch on heavy black cloth in green, maroon, orange, pink, blue, pale blue, white thread. Lined with green fabric and bound with blue bias-binding. Blue zip closing one compartment. Open compartment in front and in flap. Closed by silver metal press stud. Strengthened by cardboard between embroidery and lining.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Place & Date Made
Hmong Community, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1990
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Inscriptions
Inscribed tab of zip: VENUS.
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Classification
Cultural identity, Ethnicity - creative practice, Needlework
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
18.8 cm (Length), 9.2 cm (Width), 2.1 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
188 mm (Length), 92 mm (Width), 21 mm (Height)
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References
Costelow, M. Embroidery, Marshall Cavendish Editions pp. 266-267.
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