Li
Headcloth
Li Chinese, 1866-1899
Scroll
Li
Headcloth
Li Chinese, 1866-1899
Physical Qualities
Indigo-dyed cotton with silk and cotton embroidery, 10 x 63 in. (25.4 x 160 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Amy Gould and Matthew Polk, Gibson Island, Maryland
Object Number
2006.172
A long, narrow scarf or headcloth of plain-woven indigo dyed cotton with a section of ornate embroidery in geometric and additional designs at each end worked in silk and cotton threads of gold, green, beige, tan and brown. Some supplementary wefts are also found at the ends. Tan stripes run along each selvage approximately 1/2" in from the edge. The short ends are finished with fringe. Several long, thin cords are present as well. The headcloth was produced on a backstrap loom.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2006; Matthew Polk, Gibson Island, Maryland, by purchase, Nov. 10, 2005
Huang Ying Feng, "Li," in Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, Honolulu Hawaii: Univerity of Hawaii Art Gallery, 2009, pp.408-419.
"Li Headcloth," found on internet at http://www.tribaltrappings.com/TACH191.asp on 3/14/2006.
Olivier's Li textiles, http://www.tribaltextiles.info/forum/Olivier_i_i.htm on 3/14/2006.
Li textiles: references, http:/www.tribaltextiles.info/forum/Lireference.htm on 3/14/2006.
Lee J. Chinalai, “Frogs and Ancestors Textiles of the Meifu Li of Hainan", The New York International Show of Tribal & Textile Arts, catalog, May 2004
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"Li Headcloth," found on internet at http://www.tribaltrappings.com/TACH191.asp on 3/14/2006.
Olivier's Li textiles, http://www.tribaltextiles.info/forum/Olivier_i_i.htm on 3/14/2006.
Li textiles: references, http:/www.tribaltextiles.info/forum/Lireference.htm on 3/14/2006.
Lee J. Chinalai, “Frogs and Ancestors Textiles of the Meifu Li of Hainan", The New York International Show of Tribal & Textile Arts, catalog, May 2004
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