Title
Jacket
Year/Period
c.1960s
Region
Northern Thailand
Dimension
Object size: 34 x 151 cm
Accession No.
1993-01170
Collection of
Hmong women's jackets are made of black cotton and occasionally velvet with an embroidered and appliquéd strip attached to the front. This jacket was probably worn by the White Hmong who add distinctive armbands onto the sleeves of their jackets. The costume is completed with heavy pleated skirts of white hemp cloth without any decoration, which are worn during festive occasions.The Hmong were originally highlanders from southern China, who migrated into Northern Thailand from Laos and Vietnam during the 18th and 19th centuries. They consist of two main groups - the Hmong Deaw (White Hmong) and the 'Mong Njua' (Blue Hmong).
