On Sunday 15 June 2008 8:57:18 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to recreate a Yuan dynasty outfit for my husband. He's > especially interested in the Mongolian "plaited garment" (pg. 140 of > 5000 years of Chinese Costume). Apparently, it has "a broad band made of > plaited threads [...] sewn to the waist." They have a sketch of the > back, I believe, and a picture of a pottery figurine from Jiaozuo, Henan > Province showing the front, sort of. > > Does anyone have any more information on this garment? Googling was > spectacularly unsuccessful and I can't find another picture of the > pottery figurine that shows the back.
Chances are that any sites that would be useful to you are Chinese language sites, and unless you read Chinese you can't really Google effectively for those. There are, in general, very few English-language sites on the costume history of Asian cultures. However, after looking at the pictures to which you referred, I'd say that there's probably a bit of a translation issue here. The picture looks like "pleated" fabric not "plaited" (or braided) threads. In fact, the period figurine they provide a picture of looks as though he's wearing a buckled garment with straps over his long skirted tunic more than anything else. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny."--Edmund Burke _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
