About this piece
A folded textile with a blue-washed top and rows of pale gray lattice work.
This baby carrier is Miao (Hmong), from Wudang Mountains, Guizhou Province, China, and dates to the 20th century. It is fine silk & cotton. Miao is a general term for several ethnic groups of southwest China, including the Hmong, Shui, Yi and Ge Jia, who are famous for their costumes and especially their baby carriers. A band of mottled indigo lies across the top, above a cream-gray panel with three framed squares. The lower section is a large square of fine geometric patterning in soft blue-gray, with nested borders. It is 30 inches wide and 39 long.
Soft blues, tiny motifs and extravagant patience.
