Date: Second half of the 20th century
Area: Jinxiu, Guangxi province

• Object Type：
  • OTHERS
• Location：
  • Chinese Minority Nationalities' Art Gallery
• Tag：
  • ensemble dress silver embroidery yao 20th century guangxi

The Yao people are skilled in indigo dyeing. Women's wear is basically sewed with homemade native cloth. The smart Yao women often embroider a variety of colored laces on the collar, sleeves and leg openings and other conspicuous positions, in a variety of methods, such as embroidery and cross-stitch as well as brocade and batik. The costume features a sharp contrast in colors and looks bright yet not garish. Yao costumes vary with different places. This is a piece from the Jinxiu area of Guangxi.