A complete White trousers Dao woman’s outfit including: trousers, coat, camisole, belt, two types of headscarves and a turban; cotton, indigo dye, hand-embroidered dense pattern and embellished with many traditional eight-pointed stars.
A traditional woman's outfit for Dao Đỏ (Red Dao) people, including a long coat & trouserss both of hand-woven cotton, dyed with native indigo; and two types of scarves, all embroidered with many traditional designs.
A traditional Coin Dao woman’s outfit including the wrap skirt (with pseudo-coin and river designs), the jacket, the headscarf and the belt hand-woven cotton, dyed with native-grown indigo, using the traditional batik technique.
Cơ Tu woman's shirt, made from hand-woven cotton, dyed with indigo, decorated by numerous traditional designs with white-glass bead detailling, woven directly into the cloth.
Mnông Woman's wrap skirt, made from hand-woven cotton on a traditional back-strap loom; traditional colour and both concentric diamond and double-dragon designs (but with personal, idiosyncratic changes in the design).
Hair comb made for use solely in the afterlife and placed in the tomb at burial; the design depicts a female figure at the centre, surrounded by shapes representing trees and birds. Made from puddle cast bronze, from the Đông Sơn period of Vietnamese…