Every thread, a story : &, the secret language of Miao embroidery
by
Brock, Karen Elting, author, editor.
Title
:
Every thread, a story : &, the secret language of Miao embroidery
Secret language of Miao embroidery
Secret language of Miao embroidery.
Author
:
Brock, Karen Elting, author, editor.
ISBN
:
9781733200394
9781733200318
9781733200349
Personal Author
:
Brock, Karen Elting, author, editor.
Publication Information
:
Loveland, Col. : Thrums Books, c2020.
Physical Description
:
2 volumes (160, 71 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 28 cm
General Note
:
Title from slipcase.
"The material in this book [The secret language of Miao embroidery] is excerpted and adapted from a larger work, 'Earliest Patterns of Miao Embroidery' by Zeng Li, to be published ..."--The secret language of Miao embroidery, title page verso
"A two-volume boxed set."
Contents
:
Faces of Guizhou -- A River of Calm / All of a Piece / Folded Embroidery -- Indigo and Ashes / Silver in the City / Silver Work -- Satin Entreprenuer / Markets -- Inheritance of Silk / Intangible Cultural Heritage / Tradition and Tourism / Head Coverings -- Road to Success / Indigo -- Horse Power / Two of a Kind / Architecture -- Five Generations and Hope for the Future-Shi Hong Yan -- Glazed Cloth -- A Quill and Light / Three Ways of Seeing
Miao Embroidery -- Selected Symbols and Patterns -- Symbols Combined into Patterns -- A Collection of Original Miao Patterns Four-Character Symbol -- Spiral Symbol -- Mother Butterfly Symbol -- Bird Jiyu Symbol -- Dragon Symbol -- Flowers of Life Symbol -- Ancestor House Symbol -- Auspicious Creatures Symbols.
Subject Term
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Embroidery -- China -- Guizhou Sheng.
Folk art -- China -- Guizhou Sheng.
Ethnic costume -- China -- Guizhou Sheng.
Hmong (Asian people) -- China -- Social life and customs.
Hmong (Asian people) -- Clothing -- China.
Signs and symbols -- China.
Geographic Term
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Guizhou Sheng (China) -- Social life and customs.
Added Author
:
Ligon, Linda C.,
Wang, Jun,
Coca, Joe,
Zeng, Li. Secret language of Miao embroidery.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 11100955 (v.1) 11100956 (v.2) NK9283.A3 G85 os2 yh
| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
|---|
| NPM Library | NK9283 A3 G85 2020 v.2 | 11100955 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |
| NPM Library | NK9283 A3 G85 2020 v.2 | 11100956 | 2 | B | *二館西文書一區 |