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Multi-coloured front skirt cover, Cantonese opera costume component

Unknown Maker1946 - 1969

Museum of Vancouver

Museum of Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada

This front skirt cover from a coral-coloured Cantonese opera costume is heavily embellished with purple, silver, red, and pink sequins and bugle beads. A large flower motif is centred above the bottom edge, with two smaller flowers extending from the plain, white waistband above. The hem of the skirt cover is scalloped and embellished with a swirl motif. Pink tassels edge the hem of the skirt cover.

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  • Title: Multi-coloured front skirt cover, Cantonese opera costume component
  • Creator: Unknown Maker
  • Date Created: 1946 - 1969
  • Location Created: Guangzhou, China
  • Physical Dimensions: 70 x 86 cm
  • Subject Keywords: Cantonese Opera
  • Type: Costume
  • Medium: Synthetic textile, dye, plastic, gelatin, glass, metal
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